Within group comparisons: before versus after diagnostic audiology | Between group comparisons: at risk versus distraction test case groups | |||||||
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% at risk (n=108) | % distraction test (n=104) | |||||||
Emotion | Before | After | p* | Before | After | p* | Before p† | After p† |
n/a, not asked. | ||||||||
*McNemar test; †χ2 test; ‡Fisher’s exact test used when one cell expected value less than 5. | ||||||||
Valid percentage figures are reported throughout. All variables dichotomised into “not at all” versus “a little” and “a lot” combined. | ||||||||
Angry | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 9 | 6 | 0.45 | 0.01‡ | <0.01‡ |
Sad/depressed | 13 | 0 | <0.001 | 20 | 4 | <0.001 | 0.20 | 0.05† |
Powerless/helpless | 24 | 0 | <0.001 | 26 | 11 | <0.01 | 0.72 | <0.001 |
Impatient | 25 | 2 | <0.001 | 32 | 4 | <0.001 | 0.23 | 0.44‡ |
Shocked | 9 | n/a | – | 28 | n/a | – | 0.05 | – |
Relieved | n/a | 82 | – | n/a | 79 | – | – | 0.71 |
Upset | 9 | 0 | <0.01 | 28 | 9 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.01‡ |
Anxious/worried | 71 | 4 | <0.001 | 72 | 15 | <0.001 | 0.81 | <0.01 |
Stressed | 29 | 1 | <0.001 | 25 | 7 | <0.001 | 0.54 | 0.03‡ |
Guilty | 7 | 0 | 0.02 | 9 | 3 | 0.03 | 0.71 | 0.11‡ |
Confused | 7 | 0 | <0.01 | 23 | 9 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01‡ |