Table 2. Intervention Effect on the Perception of Anxiety, Pain, and Satisfaction.
* Pre-intervention anxiety score was used for calculations
| Variable | Guided Meditation (N=31) | Music (N=30) | Nature Sounds (N=30) | Control (N=30) | P-value (Across All Four Groups) | Combined Intervention Cohort (N=91) | P-value (Between the Combined Intervention Cohort and Control) |
| Before injection | |||||||
| Pre-intervention anxiety | 3.37 ± 3.13 | 2.27 ± 1.93 | 3.97 ± 3.03 | 2.47 ± 1.93 | p=0.133 | 3.20 ± 2.82 | p=0.371 |
| Post-intervention (before IVI) anxiety | 2.27 ± 2.63 | 1.35 ± 1.42 | 2.80 ± 2.57 | - * | p=0.086 | 2.14 ± 2.33 | p=0.175 |
| Change in anxiety score (pre- vs. post-intervention, pre-IVI) | -1.10 ± 1.51 (p<0.001) | -0.92 ± 1.05 (p<0.001) | -1.17 ± 1.37 (p<0.001) | - | - | -1.06 ± 1.32 (p<0.001) | - |
| After injection | |||||||
| Post-IVI anxiety | 2.48 ± 2.76 | 1.90 ± 2.01 | 2.93 ± 2.75 | 2.57 ± 2.47 | p=0.566 | 2.44 ± 2.54 | p=0.606 |
| Change in anxiety score (pre-intervention vs. post-IVI) | -0.89 ± 2.24 (p=0.024) | -0.37 ± 1.67 (p=0.243) | -1.03 ± 1.73 (p=0.002) | 0.10 ± 1.75 | p=0.081 | -0.76 ± 1.90 (p<0.001) | p=0.028 |
| Pain | 1.68 ± 2.51 | 1.52 ± 2.07 | 1.48 ± 1.88 | 2.32 ± 2.93 | p=0.702 | 1.56 ± 2.15 | p=0.279 |
| Satisfaction | 9.42 ± 1.20 | 9.30 ± 1.76 | 9.43 ± 1.22 | 9.57 ± 1.30 | p=0.661 | 9.38 ± 1.40 | p=0.215 |