Preoperative anxiety: Is it affected by preoperative counseling and surgical technique?

• Syed F. Javaid ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ Share equal first authorship status.

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6467-8150

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• Hamed Aljanaahi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ Share equal first authorship status.

  Affiliation Tawam Hospital/STMC, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Saleh AlSeiari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tawam Hospital/STMC, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Dana Aljaberi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tawam Hospital/STMC, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Taif Aleissaee,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tawam Hospital/STMC, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Ahmed Mohammed,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tawam Hospital/STMC, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Fayez T. Hammad

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fayezhammad@hotmail.com, fayezh@uaeu.ac.ae

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4356-0863

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