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. 2012 Jun 29;7(6):e39527. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039527

Table 1. Experimental conditions and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score (100-0) for each condition.

Action description Risk-taking-Safety Anxiety-Comfort
Risk-taking actions
Grasping and placing the blade of the box-cutter knife 80.2±17.9 83.4±10.3
Grasping and placing the clipper blade of the scissors 80.3±9.0 76.5±12.0
Grasping and placing the brimming cup 39.2±18.7 31.0±25.1
Safe actions
Grasping and placing the handle of the box-cutter knife 36.7±25.1 36.6±24.5
Grasping and placing the scissors 35.0±21.0 36.1±20.6
Grasping and placing the pots 21.7±21.4 20.8±18.5

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.