Table 3 The Means and Standard Deviations for the Anxiety Scores in Children Across Two Time Periods and Emotional Manifestation Scores between the Experimental and Control Groups
From: Play interventions to reduce anxiety and negative emotions in hospitalized children
| Â | Mean, SD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Experimental | Control | ||
|  | Ages 3-7 (n = 103) | Ages 8-12 (n = 79) | Ages 3-7 (n = 51) | Ages 8-12 (n = 71) |
Anxiety scores: | ||||
 Baseline | 6.7, 2.4 | 22.5, 4.3 | 6.9, 2.5 | 23.1, 4.5 |
 Post-interventions | 3.9, 1.7 | 19.3, 3.8 | 6.3, 2.4 | 22.7, 4.3 |
Emotional Manifestation scores | 9.4, 1.9 | 10.8, 2.7 | 12.6, 3.4 | 13.7, 3.8 |