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. 2018 Apr 24;15(4):400–410. doi: 10.1177/1479972318766140

Table 2.

Brief inventory scores before and after listening to the recording on days 1, 2 and 3 for the treatment and control groups.a

Brief inventory items Day 1 (N = 50) Day 2 (N = 50) Day 3 (N = 50)
Treatment (n = 24) Control (n = 26) Treatment (n = 24) Control (n = 26) Treatment (n = 24) Control (n = 26)
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
How short of breath do you feel right now?
 Before 4.3 (1.6) 3.9 (2.6) 4.0 (1.8) 2.8 (1.5) 3.7 (2.0) 3.0 (2.2)
 After 3.1 (2.0) 3.2 (2.4) 2.9 (1.5) 2.7 (2.1) 2.5 (1.7) 2.3 (2.5)
How anxious do you feel right now?
 Before 3.3 (1.9) 3.2 (2.1) 3.0 (1.5) 3.0 (1.5) 3.0 (1.7) 2.4 (1.2)
 After 2.4 (1.6) 2.8 (2.1) 2.7 (1.4) 2.8 (2.0) 2.2 (1.2) 2.2 (1.5)
How depressed do you feel right now?
 Before 2.6 (1.9) 2.1 (1.4) 2.4 (1.8) 2.2 (1.2) 2.2 (1.6) 2.3 (1.4)
 After 2.1 (1.8) 1.9 (1.5) 2.1 (1.5) 2.0 (1.4) 1.9 (1.4) 2.0 (1.3)
How stressed do you feel right now?
 Before 2.2 (1.3) 2.6 (1.8) 2.6 (1.6) 2.6 (1.6) 2.1 (1.4) 2.7 (1.6)
 After 2.0 (1.1) 2.4 (2.0) 2.3 (1.3) 2.5 (1.8) 2.0 (1.1) 2.2 (1.2)
How happy do you feel right now?
 Before 4.7 (1.4) 4.3 (1.7) 4.0 (1.6) 3.7 (1.6) 4.2 (1.7) 3.5 (1.9)
 After 4.9 (1.5) 4.3 (1.7) 4.6 (2.1) 3.9 (1.8) 4.8 (1.8) 4.1 (1.9)
I am aware of what thoughts are passing through my mind
  Before 4.3 (1.3) 4.3 (1.0) 4.3 (1.2) 3.8 (1.3) 4.2 (1.2) 3.7 (1.3)
  After 4.3 (1.2) 4.0 (1.5) 4.3 (1.2) 4.0 (1.2) 4.3 (1.2) 3.7 (1.3)

SD: standard deviation.

aNo significant group differences at p < 0.05.