Table 3.
Stress-related variables in the follow-up group (n=64).
| Baseline (measure 1) |
Final (measure 2) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | P* | |
| Median (Q1, Q3) | Median (Q1, Q3) | ||||
| PSS | |||||
| Mean (ST) | 17.8 (5.3) | 14 (21.9) | 18.6 (5.7) | 11 (17.2) | .174 |
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 18.0 (14.22) | 46 (71.9) | 18.5 (14.22) | 47 (73.4) | .368 |
| Low (≤13) | 4 (6.2) | 6 (9.4) | |||
| Moderate (14-25) | |||||
| High (≥26) | |||||
| NS (n = 63) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 49.7 (21.7) | 16 (25.4) | 58.1 (23.0) | 14 (22.2) | .003* |
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 50.0 (30.70) | 31 (49.2) | 60.0 (40.75) | 22 (34.9) | .071 |
| Low (≤30) | 16 (25.4) | 27 (42.9) | |||
| Moderate (31-70) | |||||
| High (≥71) | |||||
| STAI-S | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 27.0 (8.7) | 1 (1.5) | 29.6 (9.9) | 0 | .023* |
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 25.0 (20.32) | 54 (84.4) | 29.0 (20.37) | 50 (78.1) | .195 |
| Low | 9 (14.1) | 14 (21.9) | |||
| Intermediate | |||||
| High | |||||
| STAI-T | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 22.9 (10.3) | 15 (23.5) | 23.9 (9.6) | 9 (14.1) | .085 |
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 22.0 (16.29) | 23 (35.9) | 22.5 (17.30) | 31 (48.4) | .174 |
| Low | 26 (40.6) | 24 (37.5) | |||
| Intermediate | |||||
| High | |||||
| PCL-5 | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 22.8 (14.0) | 16 (25) | 23.0 (14.4) | 17 (26.6) | 1.000 |
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 20.0 (12.31) | 20.0 (12.32) | |||
| PCL5+ | |||||
SD: Standard Deviation; PSS: Perceived Stress Scale; NS: Numerical Scale; PCL-5: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition); PHQ-2: Patient Health Questionnaire-2; Q1: quartile 1; Q3: quartile 3; STAI-S/R: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory -- State/ Trait.
*
p: statistically significant.