Table 1.
VAS for anxiety | |||
Baseline/pre intervention | Post intervention | ||
Mental imagery group | 1.32 ± 1.20 | 0.96 ± 1.25 | |
Control group | 0.8 ± 0.94 | 0.43 ± 0.62 | |
Two-tailed unpaired t-test comparing values between groups | P = 0.20 | P = 0.13 | |
Motor function as indexed by the Purdue pegboard test | |||
Left hand | |||
Baseline/pre intervention | Post intervention | ||
Mental imagery group | 11.9 ± 2.5 | 12.24 ± 2.26 | |
Control group | 11.98 ± 2.45 | 12.02 ± 2.51 | |
Two-tailed unpaired t-test comparing values between groups | P = 0.98 | P = 0.79 | |
Right hand | |||
Baseline/pre intervention | Post intervention | ||
Mental imagery group | 12.74 ± 2.49 | 13.33 ± 2.48 | |
Control group | 12.89 ± 2.44 | 13.27 ± 2.50 | |
Two-tailed unpaired t-test comparing values between groups | P = 0.87 | P = 0.95 |
Visual analog scale = VAS. Expressed as: mean ± standard deviation.