Table 2. Comparison of anxiety and vital parameters of CKD clients on hemodialysis between the pre and post-intervention periods for the control and experimental groups. Cajazeiras, Guarabira, Patos; Paraíba; Brazil 2016.
| Parameter | Group | Pre-intervention | Post-intervention | Value p† | |||
| Mean | SD* | Mean | SD* | ||||
| State anxiety level | Experimental (n=30) | 36,2 | 9,0 | 32,8 | 9,6 | 0,033‡ | |
| Control (n=30) | 33,7 | 6,7 | 33,3 | 6,3 | 0,403‡ | ||
| Blood pressure (Systolic) mmHg | Experimental (n=30) | 152,9 | 28,0 | 139,9 | 24,9 | 0,002‡ | |
| Control (n=30) | 147,9 | 25,8 | 143,1 | 29,0 | 0,133‡ | ||
| Blood pressure (Diastolic) mmHg | Experimental (n=30) | 92,1 | 13,48 | 86,1 | 13,4 | 0,002‡ | |
| Control (n=30) | 91,9 | 13,9 | 86,2 | 13,1 | 0,020‡ | ||
| Heart rate per minute | Experimental (n=30) | 82,4 | 13,7 | 76,5 | 9,8 | 0,015‡ | |
| Control (n=30) | 78,6 | 12,5 | 82,2 | 14,1 | 0,167‡ | ||
| Respiration rate in inspirations per minute | Experimental (n=30) | 18,2 | 1,8 | 17,2 | 1,4 | 0,006‡ | |
| Control (n=30) | 17,4 | 1,3 | 17,5 | 1,5 | 0,600‡ | ||
*Standard deviation; †p-value; ‡significance test (p-value) for the calculation of the t-test for repeated measurements