Table 3.
Association between pre-HT anxiety and depression score and pre-HT mood color choice
| 95% confidence interval | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mood color (n = 82) | Mean score | Lower limit | Upper limit | p value |
| Anxiety | ||||
| Positive (n = 13) | 10.31 | 8.52 | 12.09 |
ANOVA: f (2,79) = 3.476; p = 0.036 |
| Neutral (n = 31) | 11.23 | 9.64 | 12.81 | |
| Negative (n = 38) | 13.45 | 11.86 | 15.04 | |
| Depression | ||||
| Positive (n = 13) | 4.62 | 2.83 | 6.40 |
ANOVA: f (2,79) = 12.287; p < 0.001 |
| Neutral (n = 31) | 5.87 | 4.82 | 6.92 | |
| Negative (n = 38) | 9.13 | 7.85 | 10.41 | |
Out of a total of 156 patients, one patient failed to complete the HAD questionnaire satisfactorily and had to be omitted from the analysis and 73 patients chose no color at all.