Table 3 Scores of "anxiety" among the study and control groups after CA before the reflexology intervention, after 2 h and after 3 days of the intervention
Anxiety | Control (n = 30) | Study (n = 30) | Test of sig. (p1) | Test of sig. (p2) | Test of sig. (p3) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before | After 2 h | After 3 days | Before | After 2 h | After 3 days | ||||||||||
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||||
Anxiety Level | |||||||||||||||
Minimal anxiety | 3 | 10.0 | 6 | 20.0 | 6 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 50.0 | 17 | 56.7 | 3.243 (MCp = 0.393) | 13.934* (0.003*) | 8.696* (0.034*) |
Mild anxiety | 5 | 16.7 | 4 | 13.3 | 8 | 26.7 | 7 | 23.3 | 9 | 30.0 | 5 | 16.7 | |||
Moderate anxiety | 8 | 26.7 | 9 | 30.0 | 9 | 30.0 | 10 | 33.3 | 4 | 13.3 | 5 | 16.7 | |||
Severe anxiety | 14 | 46.7 | 11 | 36.7 | 7 | 23.3 | 13 | 43.3 | 2 | 6.7 | 3 | 10.0 | |||
Fr.(p0) | 3.310 (0.191) | 30.198* (< 0.001*) | |||||||||||||