Table 4

- Correlations between the VAS, SAI, and ICQ points before and after the procedure.

VariablesVAS-ICQ
0 hour4 hours0 hour4 hours
rhoP-valuerhoP-valuerP-valuerP-value
Both groups (n=104)
SAI0.0870.3810.817<0.001-0.602<0.001-0.381<0.001
ICQ-0.3040.002-0.863<0.001 
Control (n=53)
SAI0.1430.3080.521<0.001-0.600<0.001-0.1970.163
ICQ-0.3460.011-0.751<0.001 
Intervention (n=51)
SAI0.0160.9110.4330.002-0.611<0.001-0.684<0.001
ICQ-0.2640.061-0.1280.372 

VAS: Visual analog scale, SAI: State anxiety inventory, ICQ: Immobilisation comfort questionnaire, rho: Spearman correlation coefficient, r: Partial correlation coefficient (controlling for VAS)