Table 5.

Anxiety status before and after spiritual care intervention, n (%)

	Control group	Experimental group	Z score	P value
Before intervention			-0.558	0.577
No anxiety	22 (53.66)	25 (56.82)
Critical anxiety	10 (24.39)	13 (29.55)
Obviously anxious	9 (21.95)	6 (13.64)
After intervention			-7.834	P < 0.001
No anxiety	25 (60.98)	42 (95.45)
Critical anxiety	8 (19.51)	2 (4.55)
Obviously anxious	8 (19.51)	0 (0.00)