Table 5.
State anxiety scores by gender groups (Wilcoxon signed rank test).
| State score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | 1 vs. 2 | 1 vs. 3 | ||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p-value | p-value | ||
| CG | Male (n = 7) | 44.7 (12.7) | 36.4 (12.2) | 35.0 (11.7) | .128 | .108 |
| Female (n = 24) | 45.7 (14.1) | 38.3 (9.4) | 41.3 (10.5) | .006** | .156 | |
| Male vs. Female (p-value)a | .925 | .636 | .185 | |||
| EG | Male (n = 10) | 47.2 (11.5) | 40.7 (13.0) | 44.5 (15.6) | .192 | .514 |
| Female (n = 20) | 49.1 (12.4) | 39.6 (11.9) | 40.5 (11.0) | .006** | .003** | |
| Male vs. Female (p-value)a | .509 | .965 | .809 | |||
| CG vs. EG | Male (p-value)a | .769 | .406 | .204 | ||
| Female (p-value)a | .234 | .768 | .962 | |||
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001; aMann–Whitney U test; SD: standard deviation; CG: control group; EG: experimental group.