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Table 6 The anxiety (Q2) expressed by the children on a scale of 1–5

From: Measuring patient experiences in a Children’s hospital with a medical clowning intervention: a case-control study

How anxious are you? (n, in brackets %)

Intervention group (n = 38)

Reference group (n = 32)

Before*

After**

Before*

After**

None (1) or little (2)

18 (47)

36 (95)

22 (69)

28 (88)

Moderate (3)

16 (42)

1 (3)

6 (19)

3 (9)

Much (4) or very much (5)

4 (11)

1 (3)

4 (13)

1 (3)

Average

2.53

1.37

2.25

1.41

STD

1.0

1.1

1.1

0.9

Change

1.16

0.84

  1. * The first survey questions were given to children when they had a meeting with the nurse or the doctor before entering the waiting room (see Fig. 1)
  2. ** Questions were asked after the child’s procedure and before the family went home
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