Table 2.

Pain and anxiety experienced by women in control and intervention groups

	VL + LA + analgesics (control) N = 423	VL + LA only (intervention) N = 461	p-value a
Relaxation when lying waiting (%)
Very relaxed	46.34	40.78
Relaxed	44.21	48.16
Not really relaxed	8.98	9.33
Not relaxed at all	0.47	1.74	p = 0.520
During procedure
Anxiety during procedure (%)
Not anxious at all	35.93	34.06
A little bit anxious	56.74	57.70
Anxious	4.49	5.86
Very anxious	2.84	2.39	p = 0.849
Pain intensity compared to expected (%)
Less than expected	31.44	31.24
As expected	42.32	42.52
More than expected	26.24	26.25	p = 0.995
Moment pain was most intense (%)
Cutting/opening of abdomen	1.18	1.08
Hooking/insertion of instrument	96.93	97.61
Closing/stitching	1.89	1.30	p = 0.801
Percent reporting pain was too much	8.04	6.29	p = 0.573
Percent experiencing any side effect	5.44	3.69	p = 0.376
Drowsiness	4.55	0.00	p = 0.440
Dizziness	36.36	20.00	p = 0.398
Nausea/vomiting	13.64	33.33	p = 0.113
Pain elsewhere	27.27	26.67	p = 0.965
Fast heartbeat	9.09	0.00	p = 0.257
Fever	22.73	33.33	p = 0.443
Mean pain scores (SD)
Mean score overall	6.63 (1.81)	6.46 (1.94)	p = 0.172
Mean score during most painful moment	7.00 (1.68)	6.88 (1.77)	p = 0.467
After procedure
Mean pain score at interview (SD)	5.58 (2.14)	5.23 (2.07)	p = 0.091
Percent still experiencing any side effect	23.64	23.43	p = 0.940
Drowsiness	9.00	4.63	p = 0.272
Dizziness	39.00	27.78	p = 0.230
Nausea/vomiting	37.00	33.33	p = 0.672
Pain elsewhere	31.00	34.26	p = 0.538
Fast heartbeat	0.00	0.93	p = 0.331
Fever	15.00	31.48	p = 0.015
Difficulty breathing	0.00	0.93	p = 0.308

^ap-value for Chi-square test for proportions; p-value for t-test for mean pain scores.