Table 2. Descriptive Statistics and ANCOVA Results Regarding State Anxiety, Trait Anxiety, and Fatigue Scores of the Intervention and Control Groups .
| State Anxiety | Pre-test (Mean) | Post-test (Sd) | Post-test (Mean) | Post-test (Sd) | Estimated Mean (SE) | 95% Confidence Interval (Estimated Mean) |
| Intervention | 52.67 | 6.98 | 31.20 | 3.38 | 30.255 (1.022) | 28.208‒32.302 |
| Control | 45.20 | 8.40 | 52.90 | 7.16 | 53.845 (1.022) | 51.798‒55.892 |
| Sum of Squares | df | Mean Square | F | P | Partial Eta Square | |
| Adjusted Model | 7284.967 | 2 | 3642.483 | 130.261 | 0.000 | 0.820 |
| Pre-test State Anxiety | 221.617 | 1 | 221.617 | 7.925 | 0.007 | 0.122 |
| Group | 6722.221 | 1 | 6722.221 | 240.398 | 0.000 | 0.808 |
| Error | 1593.883 | 57 | 27.963 | |||
| Trait anxiety | Pre-test (Mean) | Pre-test (Sd) | Post-test (Mean) | Post-test (Sd) | Estimated Mean (SE) | 95% Confidence Interval (Estimated Mean) |
| Intervention | 49.30 | 5.46 | 31.50 | 2.50 | 29.253 (0.860) | 27.531‒30.975 |
| Control | 39.77 | 8.19 | 47.40 | 7.10 | 49.647 (0.860) | 47.925‒51.369 |
| Sum of Squares | df | Mean Square | F | P | Partial Eta Square | |
| Adjusted Model | 4416.840 | 2 | 2208.420 | 123.653 | 0.000 | 0.813 |
| Pre-test Trait Anxiety | 624.690 | 1 | 624.690 | 34.977 | 0.000 | 0.380 |
| Group | 4201.396 | 1 | 4201.396 | 235.243 | 0.000 | 0.805 |
| Error | 1018.010 | 57 | 17.860 | |||
| Fatigue | Pre-test (Mean) | Pre-test (Sd) | Post-test (Mean) | Post-test (Sd) | Estimated Mean (SE) | 95% Confidence Interval (Estimated Mean) |
| Intervention | 6.59 | 1.81 | 2.28 | 0.44 | 1.796 (0.256) | 1.284‒2.308 |
| Control | 3.38 | 1.50 | 5.01 | 1.71 | 5.501 (0.256) | 4.989‒6.013 |
| Sum of Squares | df | Mean Square | F | P | Partial Eta Square | |
| Adjusted Model | 126.714 | 2 | 63.357 | 47.935 | 0.000 | 0.627 |
| Pre-test fatigue | 14.648 | 1 | 14.648 | 11.082 | 0.002 | 0.163 |
| Group | 104.684 | 1 | 104.684 | 79.201 | 0.000 | 0.582 |
| Error | 75.339 | 57 | 1.322 |