Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for group 1 and 2. Note. M—mean; SD—standard deviation.
| Without a Dog | With a Dog | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before the Walk (Trial 1) | After the Walk (Trial 2) | Before the Walk (Trial 1) | After the Walk (Trial 2) | |||||
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Anxiety State | 47.24 | 11.014 | 40.94 | 8.598 | 46.30 | 9.631 | 34.35 | 6.885 |
| Anxiety trait | 55.18 | 9.869 | 52.88 | 10.529 | 53.90 | 7.786 | 48.90 | 7.166 |
| Fear | 2.48 | 2.551 | 2.04 | 2.163 | 2.57 | 2.293 | 1.05 | 0.973 |
| Resting systolic pressure | 125.27 | 17.271 | 122.15 | 16.057 | 125.05 | 15.194 | 126.00 | 15.437 |
| Resting diastolic pressure | 74.42 | 11.229 | 74.46 | 10.550 | 76.33 | 12.635 | 76.43 | 12.867 |
| Resting pulse | 72.46 | 9.074 | 71.62 | 10.269 | 73.67 | 13.139 | 71.05 | 12.286 |
| Depression | 19.69 | 10.891 | - | - | 22.00 | 8.076 | - | - |
| First | 26.76 | 6.078 | - | - | 24.58 | 6.678 | - | - |
| Satisfaction after walk | - | - | 7.73 | 1.579 | - | - | 9.10 | 1.221 |