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Table 2 Preoperative and postoperative psychological and pain characteristics

From: Effect of music listening on perioperative anxiety, acute pain and pain catastrophizing in women undergoing elective cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled trial

Variables

Preoperative

Postoperative

Music group

Control group

P - value

Music group

Control group

Mean Difference (95% CI)

P - value

VAS-A (0–10)

5.1 (2.4)

4.7 (2.6)

0.392

1.4 (1.7)

2.9 (2.4)

-1.43 (-0.63 to -2.22)

< 0.001

Pain score (0–10)

0.1 (0.6)

0.1 (0.7)

0.968

0.5 (1.4)

0.5 (1.5)

− 0.02 (-0.57 to 0.53)

0.947

PCS total score (0–52)

17.2 (13.0)

19.9 (11.8)

0.251

11.9 (10.7)

18.3 (11.6)

-6.39 (-2.11 to -10.66)

0.003

PCS rumination subscale (0–16)

6.5 (5.0)

7.0 (4.3)

0.602

4.7 (4.4)

6.4 (3.8)

-1.68 (-0.12 to -3.25)

0.035

PCS magnification subscale (0–12)

4.2 (3.1)

4.9 (2.7)

0.163

2.8 (2.8)

4.4 (2.9)

-1.53 (-0.45 to -2.62)

0.006

PCS helplessness subscale (0–24)

6.5 (5.5)

8.0 (5.4)

0.154

4.3 (4.4)

7.5 (5.4)

-3.17 (-1.29 to -5.06)

0.001

  1. Data are expressed in mean (SD)
  2. CI Confidence interval; PCS Pain catastrophizing scale; SD standard deviation; VAS-A Visual analog scale- anxiety