Table 3.

Proportion of participants in each treatment group who experienced 50% anxiety decrease

Mean differencea	No.	Proportion who met the criterion	Average change, %b
Guided imagery
Anxiety 2-Anxiety 1	65	0.431	−42.8
Anxiety 4-Anxiety 3	38	0.500	−33.3
Anxiety 6-Anxiety 5	38	0.526	−47.6
Anxiety 8-Anxiety 7	45	0.578	−51.9
Anxiety 8-Anxiety 1	64	0.906c	−78.7
“M” Technique
Anxiety 2-Anxiety 1	67	0.657	−55.6
Anxiety 4-Anxiety 3	38	0.711	−61.6
Anxiety 6-Anxiety 5	47	0.745	−67.4
Anxiety 8-Anxiety 7	48	0.750	−65.9
Anxiety 8-Anxiety 1	66	0.909c	−85.0
Usual care
Anxiety 2-Anxiety 1	62	0.016	5.4
Anxiety 4-Anxiety 3	37	0.000	4.3
Anxiety 6-Anxiety 5	33	0.121	−0.7
Anxiety 8-Anxiety 7	31	0.226	−17.1
Anxiety 8-Anxiety 1	62	0.855c	−76.3

^aAnxiety 2-Anxiety 1 surrounds preoperative Day 0, Anxiety 4-Anxiety 3 surrounds postoperative Day 0, etc.

^bNegative numbers indicate a decrease while positive numbers indicate an increase in anxiety.

^cThere were no explicit expectations regarding the beginning and end of the study, but the corresponding proportion of patients had a percentage change greater than 50%.