Table 3.

Comparison of A-State and C-CCFNI satisfaction mean scores between two groups

	Experimental group ($n=34$)				Control group ($n=32$)				F(1, 62)*	p-value
	Pre-test		Post-test		Pre-test		Post-test
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
A-State scale	57.81	9.25	39.93	7.23	58.23	7.85	48.81	6.53	5.63	0.006
C-CCFNI	126.80	13.54	145.58	15.91	124.88	11.47	132.05	13.55	5.61	0.006
(satisfaction scores)
Support	42.23	6.05	48.04	8.91	42.47	5.89	43.82	7.05	7.02	0.002
Comfort	15.84	6.15	19.21	7.03	15.30	5.26	16.95	5.33	5.41	0.007
Information	24.12	7.96	28.97	7.13	23.48	7.01	23.89	6.78	7.41	0.002
Proximity	24.35	6.56	26.52	6.34	24.31	6.22	25.54	6.09	3.81	0.04
Assurance	20.46	6.78	23.99	5.53	20.41	6.89	21.79	5.77	5.49	0.006

Note: C-CCFNI—the Chinese version of the Critical Care Family Need Inventory, A-State Scale—the Chinese version of the State Anxiety Scale.

^*F-values of the between-group comparison of the post-test mean scores for each variable, using ANCOVA test.