Table 1.
Summary of state anxiety, trait anxiety and self-efficacy scores
| All participants (n=50) |
Low urgency/low CL (n=13) |
High urgency/low CL (n=12) |
Low urgency/high CL (n=12) |
High urgency/high CL (n=13) |
|
| State anxiety | |||||
| Pre-simulation | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 12.26 (2.9) | 12.15 (2.3) | 13.0 (2.7) | 10.6 (2.5) | 13.2 (3.6) |
| Range | 7–20 | 9– 17 | 9–18 | 7–15 | 9–20 |
| Post-simulation | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 13.14 (3.7) | 13.15 (2.5) | 14.25 (4.5) | 11.8 (3.4) | 13.3 (4.2) |
| Range | 6–23 | 10–17 | 7–23 | 7–20 | 6–20 |
| Postdebrief | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 9.02 (2.7)*** | 10.64 (2.8)* | 9.22 (1.6)** | 7.5 (1.6)*** | 8.9 (3.5)*** |
| Range | 6–18 | 7–15 | 7–12 | 6–10 | 6–18 |
| Trait anxiety | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 39.6 (8.6) | 37.8 (9.0) | 39.9 (6.9) | 38.9 (4.9) | 41.5 (12.3) |
| Self-efficacy | |||||
| Presimulation | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 574.5* (113.2) | 568.6 (84.2) | 597.5 (83.5) | 615.00 (129.6) | 520.8 |
| Postsimulation | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 521.4* (162.8) | 516.9 (156.0) | 546.3 (113.2) | 587.5 (179.7) | 441.9 (175.3) |
| Postdebrief | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 616.07* (140.8) | 590.5 (149.0)* | 645.0 (78.4)* | 698.00* (130.0) | 556.9 (149.9)* |
State anxiety scale: 6–24. Trait anxiety scale: 20–80. Self-efficacy scale: 0–900.
Within-group effects: *P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.
CL, cognitive load.