Effects of a Psychological Preparation Intervention on Anxiety Associated with Pediatric Anorectal Manometry

Table 2

Comparison of intervention to control group.

	Control Group		Intervention Group		T Score / Chi-Square	P-value	Effect Size
							(Cohen’s D)
	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)
		N (%)		N (%)
PBCL (total)	32	13.16 (6.36)	31	7.55 (3.19)	4.45	<0.01	1.12
STAIC-S	11	46.27 (3.85)	10	42.70 (3.56)	2.21	0.04	0.96
STAI-S	32	39.81 (13.26)	31	33.16 (8.79)	2.35	0.02	0.59
Parental Rating of Child Distress	32	2.19 (1.66)	30	1.20 (1.32)	2.61	0.01	0.66
Parental Satisfaction Rating	32	5.69 (.78)	30	5.60 (.68)	0.49	0.64
HR Difference between baseline and immediately prior to beginning manometry	25	1.04 (15.21)	22	-2.23 (12.69)	0.80	0.43
SBP Difference between baseline and immediately prior to beginning manometry	26	2.85 (11.29)	23	-6.65 (16.91)	2.28	0.03	0.66

Notes: PBCL = Procedure Behavior Checklist, STAI-C = State-Trait Anxiety Scale for Children-State, STAI-S = State-Trait Anxiety Scale-State, HR = heart rate, and SBP = systolic blood pressure.