Table 1. - Data corresponding to the participants' trait, state anxiety levels and profile per group, Natal, RN, Brazil, 2014.
| Variables | Groups | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experimental | Control | |||||
| Age (years) | 60.1 | ±8.1 | 59.7 | ±9.5 | 0.75* | |
| Sex (n - %) | ||||||
| Male | 17 | 47.2 | 19 | 52.8 | 0.23† | |
| Female | 13 | 54.2 | 9 | 45.8 | ||
| Surgery time (hours - mean ± stand deviation) | 4.1 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.15* | |
| Hospital stay (days - mean ± stand deviation) | 7.1 | ±0.9 | 7.5 | ±0.7 | 0.56* | |
| ASA physical status (n - %) | ||||||
| II | 13 | 44.8 | 19 | 61.3 | 0.20† | |
| III | 16 | 55.2 | 12 | 38.7 | ||
| Trait anxiety (n - %) | ||||||
| Low | 8 | 53.3 | 7 | 46.7 | ||
| Average | 17 | 48.6 | 18 | 51.4 | 0.76† | |
| High | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 37.5 | ||
| State anxiety (n - %) | ||||||
| Mild | 15 | 51.7 | 14 | 48.3 | ||
| Moderate | 13 | 52.0 | 12 | 48.0 | 0.99† | |
| Intense | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
* Mann-Whitney (U) test † Chi-Squared test