Table 1.
Comparison of STAI Form Y-1 and VAS scores before and after scenario completion (N=150).
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Mobile app (n=73), mean (SD) | Conventional method (n=76), mean (SD) | Difference (95% CI)a | P value | |
| STAIb | |||||
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Preintervention | 36.1 (8.1) | 35.4 (8.2) | 0.8 (−1.7 to 3.3) | .55 |
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Postintervention | 39.0 (8.4) | 49.8 (13.2) | −11.4 (−14.7 to −8.0) | <.001 |
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Relative change (% of preintervention) | 12.3 (29) | 43.1 (35) | −30.1 (−39.8 to −20.5) | <.001 |
| VASc | |||||
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Preintervention | 4.2 (2.5) | 3.9 (2.2) | 0.3 (−0.4 to 1.0) | .35 |
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Postintervention | 6.4 (1.9) | 7.1 (1.8) | −0.8 (−1.3 to −0.2) | .006 |
aLinear regression models adjusted for center; in addition, differences in postintervention and relative change were adjusted for the preintervention values.
bSTAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
cVAS: visual analogue scale.