Table 3.

Comparative Analysis Between Counselling Groups Using the Chi-Square Statistical Test for Categorical Variables Analysis. Student’s t-Test Was Used for Continuous Variables

Counselling Groups Analysis
	Proper Counselling Group (n=333)		Inadequate Counselling group (n=348)		Chi-Square	p-value
Intra-procedural experience	Relaxed	Anxious	Relaxed	Anxious	6.3	0.043*
	216	117	195	152
Pain during procedure	Exaggerated	Tolerable	Exaggerated	Tolerable	7.9	0.005*
	59	274	93	255
Wound complications	Yes	No	Yes	No	5.2	0.022*
	15	318	31	317
Prolonged post-op analgesics use	Yes	No	Yes	No	1.5	0.20
	140	193	163	185
	Mean (±SD)				p-value
Self-reported pain relief (/10)	8.1 (2.2)		7.9 (2.5)		0.30
Time to max. improvement (mo.)	1.83		1.72		0.28

Notes: *Values denotes statistically significant values (< 0.05).