Table 2.

Description of the general characteristics of the sample in the operator tactile attention (OTA) and operator auditory attention (OAA) group.

	Group OTA (N = 20)	Group OAA (N = 20)	|t| > 0
Age	27.0 (5.4)	26.9 (4.1)	0.95
Male*	13 (65)	10 (50)	0.52
BMI	23.9 (3.7)	23.2 (2.9)	0.52
Marital status*			0.49
not married	17 (85)	19 (95)
married	2 (10)	1 (5)
divorced	1 (5)
Education title*			0.35
secondary school	1 (5)	1 (5)
high school	12 (60)	8 (40)
academic degree	7 (35)	11 (55)
Working condition*			0.13
student	8 (40)	13 (65)
employed	11 (55)	5 (25)
unemployed	0 (0)	2 (10)
other	1 (5)	0 (0)
STAI-Y1	45.3 (2.4)	45.4 (3.9)	0.90
STAI-Y2	44.8 (2.6)	46.1 (3.1)	0.21

Data are presented as mean (sd) and *N (%). P values from student t test or * chi square test.