Table 2.
Sociodemographic profile and assessments of anxiety, depression and perceived stress in the TTS and control groups.
| Category | TTS (n = 8) | Control (n = 8) | Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | SD | mean | SD | ||||
| Age (years) | 58.6 | 7.44 | 58.6 | 7.44 | |||
| Education (years) | 6.5* | [4–11]* | 11.5 | 2.51 | U = 14 | p = 0.053 | r = −0.48 |
| HADS | |||||||
| Anxiety subscore | 10.3 | 6.23 | 6.00 | 2.00 | t(8.4) = 1.84 | p = 0.102 | d = 0.93 |
| Depression subscore | 7.50 | 3.59 | 3.88 | 2.85 | t(14) = 2.24 | p = 0.042 | d = 1.12 |
| Total score | 17.8 | 8.80 | 9.88 | 4.32 | t(14) = 2.27 | p = 0.039 | d = 1.14 |
| PSS-10 score | 16.8 | 8.41 | 12.6 | 6.11 | t(14) = 1.12 | p = 0.281 | d = 0.57 |
*Data without a normal distribution are presented as medians and [interquartile range]. n = sample size; SD = standard deviation; p = p-value; t = Student’s t-test; U = Mann-Whitney U-test; d = Cohen’s d; r = effect size.