Endpoints | Time/Scale | Control (N = 40) | Intervention (N = 38) | P value |
|---|
SAS (mean (SD)) | T0 | 37.24 (10.44) | 37.63 (9.39) | 0.864 |
T2 | 37.86 (11.04) | 36.51 (9.65) | 0.568 |
VAS (mean (SD)) | T0 | 4.4(1.5) | 4.7 (2.1) | 0.573 |
T2 | 5.2(2.1) | 4.0 (2.3) | 0.021 |
- Note: SAS: Self-rating Anxiety Scale; VAS: anxiety Visual Analog Scale; T0 = baseline, in the ophthalmology outpatient clinic before any intervention; T2 = at the time of separating from their parents and moving to the operating room. P value calculation: Continuous variables were tested by two independent samples t-tests
