TABLE 3.

A comparison of total pre‐test and post‐test STAI‐S and STAI‐T scores mean for parents in the intervention group and the control group

Scales		Intervention group (95% CI)	Control group (95% CI)
		M ± SD	M ± SD
STAI‐S	Pre‐test	56.10 ± 10.14 (53.02‐59.43)	51.00 ± 7.25 (48.82‐53.14)
	Post‐test	43.51 ± 9.22 (40.48‐46.51)	50.45 ± 8.29 (47.97‐53.02)
	t a (P value)	5.933 (.000) *	0.506 (.616)
STAI‐T	Pre‐test	50.08 ± 9.10 (47.13‐53.05)	43.30 ± 7.28 (41.20‐45.32)
	Post‐test	47.54 ± 4.57 (46.13‐48.97)	43.60 ± 7.65 (41.45‐45.82)
	t a (P value)	1.474 (.149)	−0.233 (.817)

^a Paired t test.

^* P = .000