Table 2.
Scores of STAI-Sa and TCSb pretreatment.
| Scale | Patients (n=15), mean (SD) | Experts (n=15), mean (SD) | All (N=30), mean (SD) | P value | |
| STAI-S (N=29)c | 45.79 (10.46) | 36.80 (8.29) | 41.14 (10.30) | .03 | |
| TCS | |||||
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Total | 3.74 (0.56) | 4.23 (0.67) | 3.99 (0.66) | .04 |
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Technology acceptance | 3.17 (0.87) | 3.47 (0.96) | 3.32 (0.91) | .38 |
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Technology competence conviction | 4.55 (0.91) | 5.48 (0.47) | 5.02 (0.86) | .002 |
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Technology control conviction | 3.50 (0.45) | 3.75 (0.85) | 3.63 (0.68) | .32 |
aSTAI-S: State-Anxiety Scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
bTCS: technology commitment scale.
cData of 1 patient were missing for the STAI-S.