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Table 3 Agreement with coping efforts

From: Coping strategies in anxious surgical patients

 

All patients (n = 1205)

Patients with monitoring-like coping style (n = 768)

Patients with blunting-like coping style (n = 437)

 

Mean ± SD

Median

IQR

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Internet

2.06 ± 1.00

2

2

2.24 ± 1.04

1.74 ± 0.86

Multimedia

1.76 ± 0.86

2

1

1.88 ± 0.88

1.54 ± 0.78

Physician (educational)

3.25 ± 0.85

3

1

3.49 ± 0.68

2.81 ± 0.94

Reputation

2.46 ± 1.03

3

1

2.58 ± 0.99

2.24 ± 1.05

Family/Friends

2.53 ± 1.01

3

1

2.60 ± 0.99

2.41 ± 1.00

Calming Conversation

3.27 ± 0.89

4

1

3.39 ± 0.82

3.05 ± 0.10

Mental Strategies

2.45 ± 1.00

3

1

2.30 ± 0.95

2.70 ± 0.90

Alternative Medicine

1.89 ± 0.98

2

1

1.98 ± 1.00

1.73 ± 0.91

Anxiolytic Medication

2.24 ± 1.07

2

2

2.24 ± 1.05

2.24 ± 1.13

  1. Note: Agreement with coping efforts (Likert-Scale) 1 = disagreement; 2 = slight-, 3 = main- and 4 = full agreement – are displayed as mean ± SD; median and interquartile range (IQR)