Table 1.
Group Statistics
| Control group | Thirst group | |||
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| Mean | Std. | Mean | Std. | |
| Age (yrs) | 28.0 | 10.0 | 26.5 | 7.1 |
| Weight (kg) | 70.5 | 12.8 | 71.9 | 17.1 |
| STAI Trait | 40.9 | 5.0 | 42.8 | 5.3 |
| STAI State | 44.1 | 5.1 | 43.0 | 4.4 |
| PCS | 22.7 | 8.4 | 25.3 | 7.8 |
| LOT-R | 17.7 | 2.3 | 16.6 | 2.0 |
| SDS | 15.0 | 4.3 | 12.8 | 3.4 |
| FoP | 25.0 | 5.3 | 26.7 | 5.0 |
| Distress | 18.4 | 3.0 | 19.3 | 2.2 |
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| Thirst 1 | 39.5 | 26.9 | 30.4 | 21.8 |
| Thirst 2 | 29.0 | 21.7 | 42.1 | 22.9 |
| Thirst 3 | 20.6 | 18.6 | 49.8 | 21.7 |
| Thirst 4 | 17.6 | 18.7 | 54.9 | 21.8 |
| Thirst 5 | 12.3 | 10.3 | 57.8 | 24.8 |
| Thirst 6 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 64.3 | 24.4 |
| Thirst 7 | 9.1 | 11.2 | 17.9 | 17.7 |
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| Negative mood 1 | 12.7 | 3.8 | 11.6 | 2.8 |
| Negative mood 2 | 12.7 | 4.0 | 12.3 | 3.2 |
| Negative mood 3 | 13.0 | 3.6 | 13.0 | 3.3 |
| Negative mood 4 | 13.3 | 3.5 | 13.0 | 3.3 |
| Negative mood 5 | 13.2 | 3.3 | 14.4 | 3.8 |
| Negative mood 6 | 13.5 | 3.4 | 13.5 | 4.0 |
| Negative mood 7 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 3.2 |
Std.: standard deviation. STAI: State Trait Anxiety Inventory. PCS: Pain Catastrophizing Scale. LOT-R: Life Orientation Test – Revised. SDS: Social Desirability Scale. FoP: Fear of Pain. Distress: Personal Distress subscale.