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. 2023 Aug 27;15(8):1728–1738. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i8.1728

Table 4.

Comparison of medical coping style scores between two groups [ (mean ± SD), fraction]

Group	n	Face		Avoid		Yield
Group	n	Before intervention	After intervention	Before intervention	After intervention	Before intervention	After intervention
Control group	57	18.36 ± 3.23	21.04 ± 3.34^a	20.36 ± 3.15	16.89 ± 2.44^a	14.96 ± 2.77	11.25 ± 1.93^a
Observation group	63	17.78 ± 3.26	24.15 ± 2.06^a	21.05 ± 3.34	14.12 ± 2.05^a	15.12 ± 2.16	10.01 ± 1.27^a
t		0.978	6.202	1.161	6.754	0.355	4.195
P value		0.33	0	0.248	0	0.724	0

^a

P < 0.05, compared with before intervention.