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Background and Aims: High levels of anxiety prior to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy can adversely impact the procedure quality and patient safety. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between patient anxiety level before the procedure and patient characteristics among patients scheduled to undergo upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Materials and Methods:Patients aged 18 and over who underwent a planned upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy due to dyspeptic complaints were included in the study. Data on patient cha-racteristics and anxiety levels were collected using two forms (Patient Infor-mation Form and Beck Anxiety Inventory), which they were asked to comp-lete before the procedure. After the procedure, endoscopy results and Helico-bacter pylori status were recorded on a separate form for each patient. After all patients' data were collected, anxiety level and patient characteristics data were compared.Results: Three hundred and forty-six patients were included in the study. Pre-procedural anxiety levels of the patients were determined to be mild, moderate, and levels in 78.9%, 15.6%, and 5.5% of the patients, respectively. While the anxiety level was higher among female patients and patients with Helicobacter pylori positivity, no association was found due to the anxiety level and age, body mass index, history of endoscopy, applica-tion of sedation, or endoscopic diagnosis. Conclusions: Patient safety and quality of the procedure must be understood at the highest level during the gas-trointestinal system endoscopy procedures. We found that detection of pati-ent characteristics that can adversely affect these two factors, like high pre-procedural anxiety level, is one of the important components that would help this goal

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