Table 8.

 Anxiety and satisfaction with conversation with a neonatologist of mothers with babies in a neonatal intensive care unit with a poor outcome

Measure	Tape group (No of mothers)	Control group (No of mothers)	Significance
Mean (SD) state and anxiety inventory score:
10 days	48.0 (13.4) (n=20)	43.9 (14.9) (n=14)	P=0.8, t=0.41
4 months	39.3 (12.6) (n=20)	35.3 (12.0) (n=14)	P=0.29, t=1.1
12 months	34.73 (10.8) (n=19)	33.4 (8.2) (n=13)	P=0.71, t=0.38
Mean (95% CI) satisfaction with conversation	115 (104 to 123.2) (n=19)	100.5 (94.1 to 109.4) (n=14)	P=0.0051, χ21=7.8