Objective To overview the systematic reviews on efficacy of non-pharmacological management of preoperative anxiety in adult patients undergoing elective surgery. Methods In August 2021,CNKI,VIP Full-text database,Wanfang Full-text Database,China Biomedical Literature Database and Joanna Briggs Institute,the Cochrane Library,PubMed,Embase,CINAHL,and psycINFO databases were searched to collect systematic reviews or meta-analysis on the efficacy of non-pharmacological management of preoperative anxiety in adult patients undergoing elective surgery. 2 researchers screened systematic reviews and extracted the data independently. AMSTAR 2 scale and GRADE system were used to assess the quality of included systematic reviews. Results A total of 19 systematic reviews were included. The evaluation results showed that the methodological quality of 2 pieces of the literature was low and the methodological quality of 17 was critically low. Evidence for 9 non-pharmaceutical management interventions was evaluated. The results showed that optimization of preoperative management and application of non-pharmaceutical techniques had positive effects on preventing or alleviating preoperative anxiety. However,the grade of evidence quality is not high,and only a piece of evidence is intermediate. Conclusion Non-pharmacological management may relieve preoperative anxiety relatively. However,the methodological quality and evidence quality of the study are low,so it is necessary to use evidence carefully and carry out more standardized and rigorous studies.