Table 4.

Comparing nurses' anxiety levels in experimental and control groups before and after intervention

Stage	Pre-test						Post-test
Groups	Experimental		Control		Total		Experimental		Control		Total
Anxiety level	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Normal	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.3	0	0	1	2.2
Mild	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moderate	1	4.3	1	4.3	2	4.3	2	8.7	0	0	2	4.3
Severe	3	13	0	0	3	6.5	10	43.5	1	4.3	11	23.9
Extremely severe	19	82.6	22	95.7	41	89.1	10	43.5	22	95.7	32	69.6
Test, p -value	Fisher's exact test, X2 = 3.066, p = 0.233						Fisher's exact test, X2 = 14.635, p < 0.001