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Table 2 Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics of participants before and after propensity score matching in the 2 Groups

From: Discourse-based psychological intervention alleviates perioperative anxiety in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in China: a retrospective propensity score matching analysis

Characteristics

Total set

Matched set

IG

(n = 51)

CG

(n = 65)

P

IG

(n = 45)

CG

(n = 45)

P

Age (years)

14.94 ± 1.71

15.14 ± 1.78

0.549

15.00 ± 1.65

14.98 ± 1.67

0.950

Gender

  

0.740

  

1.000

Female

45

56

 

39

39

 

Male

6

9

 

6

6

 

Cobb angle of the major curve(°)

52.33 ± 8.82

54.58 ± 9.46

0.193

52.07 ± 8.40

53.91 ± 8.86

0.314

Income

  

0.611

  

0.480

< 10,000 CNY/month

36

43

 

31

34

 

≥ 10,000 CNY/month

15

22

 

14

11

 

Education

  

0.125

  

0.788

Junior high school

10

21

 

9

8

 

Senior high school or Higher

41

44

 

36

37

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