The purpose of this study was to identify factors that may contribute to anxiety of patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy(TAH) or total laparoscopic hysterectomy(TLH) before and after the operation. Thus, we aimed to learn whether anxiety levels change according to the type of hysterectomy.

Hysterectomy is the most common gynecological procedure worldwide. . There has been a increasing interest towards to more minimally invasive procedures in the past decade. Hysterectomy operation anxiety is a complex phenomenon affected by various parameters. Patients' anxiety may be affected by their age, gender, educational status,type of operation and personality. Each patient's anxiety was measured using Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory immediately before, immediately after the operation.

Inclusion Criteria:

undergone hysterectomies for benign reasons.

Exclusion Criteria:

malignancy, additional operation beside hysterectomy( such as salpingo-oophorectomy), history of two or more previous caesarean sections, history of previous abdominal surgery, autoimmune disease, coagulation disorders, with known systemic or psychiatric disease, those receiving any regular sedative medication at the time of the procedure