Table 3.
Covariance analysis of post-test hospital anxiety scores in control and intervention groups with pre-test control.
| Source | Dependent Variable | (Sum of Squares) SS | df | MS | F | Sig. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-test hospital anxiety | Immediately after surgery | 53.55 | 1 | 53.55 | 95.38 | 0.000 |
| Two months after surgery | 10.63 | 1 | 10.63 | 6.01 | 0.017 | |
| Four months after surgery | 0.90 | 1 | 0.899 | 0.476 | 0.493 | |
| Intervention group | Immediately after surgery | 97.69 | 1 | 97.69 | 174.02 | 0.000 |
| Two months after surgery | 67.90 | 1 | 67.90 | 38.37 | 0.000 | |
| Four months after surgery | 21.89 | 1 | 21.89 | 11.58 | 0.001 | |
| Error | Immediately after surgery | 39.86 | 71 | 0.561 | ||
| Two months after surgery | 125.64 | 71 | 1.77 | |||
| Four months after surgery | 134.13 | 71 | 1.89 | |||
| Total | Immediately after surgery | 8345 | 74 | |||
| Two months after surgery | 8382 | 74 | ||||
| Four months after surgery | 7758 | 74 |