Flight anxiety among Norwegian airline passengers : In relation to other phobias and the terror act at September 11, 2001

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Aims: To study 1) the prevalence of flight anxiety among Norwegian airline passengers according to sosiodemographic variables 2) situations that make concern during flights and situations not related to flying and 3) whether passengers feel more afraid after the terror act of September 11, 2001.
\nMethods: A questionnaire was distributed randomly to passengers and completed during domestic flights in Norway in 2002. There were 484 responses (48% women, mean age 41 years and 52% men, mean age 43 years). To asses flight phobia, a six point scale was used, from 0= not afraid at all, to 4= always very afraid, but never cancel flights because of that and 5= always very afraid, and sometimes avoid flying because of that. Grade 4 and 5 were considered flight phobia. A 10-cm visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to measure the degree of anxiety in different situations during flights and in situations other than flying. (0 = no anxiety and 10 = maximum anxiety.) 
\nResults: There were 12

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