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Table 3 Changes and comparison of anxiety, life satisfaction and pain at admission (t0), before surgery (t1) and before discharge (t2)

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

Outcome

 

Mean ± SD

 

Baseline (t0)

t1

t2

GAD-7

IG

3.98 ± 3.27

3.47 ± 2.58

2.18 ± 1.21

 

CG

3.93 ± 3.20

4.04 ± 3.08

2.87 ± 2.00

LSIZ

IG

6.56 ± 1.70

8.27 ± 1.94

9.84 ± 2.09

 

CG

6.67 ± 2.09

6.62 ± 2.08

9.02 ± 2.15

VAS

IG

NA

NA

4.16 ± 2.20

 

CG

NA

NA

4.69 ± 2.26

  1. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; IG: intervention group; CG: control group;
  2. GAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale; LSIZ: Life Satisfaction Index Z scale; VAS: Visual Analogue Scale; NA: not applicable