Table 4. Total distress scores for contact initiative.

	Male		Female		Total
	Mean	s.d.	Mean	s.d.	Mean	s.d.	P*
Patient	16.86	8.63	19.46	9.74	18.84	9.55	<0.001
Medical staff	19.30	9.64	18.98	9.61	19.07	9.62	NS
Routine	11.02	7.33	12.44	7.49	11.95	7.46	<0.001

^*Significance for differences between male and female patients within each category of contact initiative; P-values corrected for multiple testing.