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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2015 Jul 2;20(11):1243–1254. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1018644

Table 3.

Descriptive Statistics for Pre-Visit and Post-Visit Self-Reports of Fear, Uncertainty, and Hope

Fear Uncertainty Hope
Number of Items 7 7 7
Pretest
 Mean 2.53 2.56 4.52
 Standard Deviation .95 .91 .53
 Range 1.00–4.71 1.00–4.57 3.43–5.00
 Cronbach’s Alpha .87 .88 .87
Posttest
 Mean 2.32 2.02 4.62
 Standard Deviation 1.09 .79 .48
 Range 1.00–5.00 1.00–3.86 3.57–5.00
 Cronbach’s Alpha .93 .89 .91