Table 4 Comparing nurses' anxiety levels in experimental and control groups before and after intervention
Stage | Pre-test | Post-test | ||||||||||
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Groups | Experimental | Control | Total | Experimental | Control | Total | ||||||
Anxiety level | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Normal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 |
Mild | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moderate | 1 | 4.3 | 1 | 4.3 | 2 | 4.3 | 2 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 |
Severe | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.5 | 10 | 43.5 | 1 | 4.3 | 11 | 23.9 |
Extremely severe | 19 | 82.6 | 22 | 95.7 | 41 | 89.1 | 10 | 43.5 | 22 | 95.7 | 32 | 69.6 |
Test, p -value | Fisher's exact test, X2 = 3.066, p = 0.233 | Fisher's exact test, X2 = 14.635, p < 0.001 | ||||||||||