Table 2.

Intergroup and intragroup comparison of pretest and posttest scores obtained from the TDM knowledge test and STAI-S.

	Control (n = 48)		Simulation (n = 42)		ta	p
	Mean ± SD	Median (Min-Max)	Mean ± SD	Median (Min-Max)
STAI-S
Pretest	34.62 ± 11.06	32(20–56)	36.74 ± 6.92	35(22–48)	−1.107	0.271
Posttest	32.79 ± 11.35	31(20–69)	34.00 ± 7.53	33(20–50)	−0.599	0.551
tb; p	0.170; 0.340		2.020;0.049*
TDM Knowledge
Pretest	10.58 ± 2.31	11(5–14)	10.65 ± 1.53	11(6–13)	−0.167	0.868
Posttest	10.92 ± 2.27	11(6–15)	11.86 ± 1.75	12(5–15)	−2.218	0.029*
tb;p	−0.898; 0.374		−3.630;<0.001*

t^a: Independent sample t-test, t^b: dependent sample t-test, *: p < .05.