Table 3.
Anxiety (Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI]) scores.
| STAI scores | Total (n=114) | MEOPAa group (n=57) | VRb group (n=57) | P valuec | |||||||
| Per arm, median (range) | |||||||||||
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Before the biopsy | 38 (20-73) | 37 (20-73) | 39 (20-69) | .79 | ||||||
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After the biopsy | 32 (20-65) | 30 (20-65) | 33 (20-57) | .40 | ||||||
| Distribution of scores, n (%) | |||||||||||
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Before the biopsy | .29 | |||||||||
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Very low (<36) | 41 (35.9) | 23 (40.4) | 18 (31.6) | ||||||
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Low (36-46) | 43 (37.7) | 19 (33.3) | 24 (42.1) | ||||||
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Average (46-56) | 17 (14.9) | 6 (10.5) | 11 (19.3) | ||||||
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High (56-65) | 11 (9.6) | 8 (14.0) | 3 (5.2) | ||||||
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Very high (>65) | 2 (1.8) | 1 (1.8) | 1 (1.8) | ||||||
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After the biopsy | .83 | |||||||||
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Very low (<36) | 73 (64.0) | 39 (68.4) | 34 (59.6) | ||||||
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Low (36-46) | 28 (24.6) | 12 (21.0) | 16 (28.1) | ||||||
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Average score (46-56) | 6 (5.3) | 3 (5.3) | 3 (5.3) | ||||||
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High (56-65) | 4 (3.5) | 2 (3.5) | 2 (3.5) | ||||||
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Very high (>65) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||||||
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Unknown | 3 (2.6) | 1 (1.8) | 2 (3.5) | ||||||
aMEOPA: mixture of nitrous oxide/oxygen.
bVR: virtual reality.
cChi-square test.