TABLE 3.
Mean1 Visual Analog Scale-Anxiety (VAS-A) Scores by Sex, Ethnicity, and Race
| Variable | No Tracheostomy (n=65) Mean (95% CI) |
Tracheostomy (n=51) Mean (95% CI) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 60.0(49.4, 70.6) | 45.7(35.9, 55.5) | .047 | |
| Female | 46.3(38.8, 53.8) | 55.4(48.1, 62.8) | .10 | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic | 51.8(45.4, 58.2) | 50.4(44.1, 56.6) | .76 | |
| Hispanic | 66.0 (only 1) | 57.5(29.2, 91.5) | .75 | |
| Race | ||||
| White | 53.1(46.3, 60.0) | 50.1(43.9, 56.4) | .53 | |
| American Indian | 72(only 1) | 41.6(−25.4, 128.8) | .62 | |
| African American | 38.1(21.9, 54.3) | 57.6(27.4, 87.8) | .18 | |
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VAS-A scores were meaned for each subject over the total time he or she participated in the study