Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of psychosocial spiritual variables at different time points

Variable		At admission	1 week after admission	t (df)	p
Improved
Pain	163	5.49 ± 2.10	2.37 ± 1.45	21.98(162)	<.001*
Anxiety	153	2.33 ± 0.98	2.04 ± 0.92	4.36(152)	<.001*
Depression	153	2.27 ± 1.01	1.90 ± 0.97	5.97(152)	<.001*
Anger	151	1.62 ± 0.87	1.42 ± 0.76	3.52(150)	.001*
Family support	156	4.61 ± 1.05	4.72 ± 1.01	−2.40(155)	.018*
Social support	156	4.46 ± 1.22	4.62 ± 1.22	−3.64(155)	<.001*
Fear of death	139	2.76 ± 0.75	2.39 ± 0.79	7.44(138)	<.001*
Not improved
Pain	74	2.20 ± 2.48	2.58 ± 2.65	−4.13(73)	<.001*
Anxiety	72	2.29 ± 0.86	2.08 ± 0.75	2.42(71)	.018*
Depression	73	2.32 ± 1.01	2.25 ± 1.04	0.82(72)	.415
Anger	72	1.76 ± 0.99	1.63 ± 0.88	2.44(71)	.017*
Family support	73	4.48 ± 1.04	4.55 ± 1.00	−1.40(72)	.167
Social support	73	4.29 ± 1.22	4.37 ± 1.11	−1.10(72)	.276
Fear of death	68	2.79 ± 0.78	2.60 ± 0.79	2.14(67)	.036*

*significant at .05 level