Table 2.

Relationship between pre- and postprocedural pain and state anxiety.

		State anxiety
		GIa			VRb
		Pre	Post	Pre		Post
Worst pain
	rc	0.28	0.46	0.47		0.33
	P value	.05	<.001	<.001		.02
Average pain
	r	0.18	0.31	0.49		0.26
	P value	.20	.03	<.001		.07
Nervousness about pain
	r	0.45	0.38	0.48		0.40
	P value	.001	.01	<.001		.004
Time spent thinking about pain
	r	0.45	0.38	0.56		0.51
	P value	.001	.01	<.001		<.001

^aGI: guided imagery.

^bVR: virtual reality.

^cr: estimate of Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.