Table 2 Demographic and baseline characteristics between the experimental and control groups for the two age groups of 3 to 7 years and 8 to 12 years
From: Play interventions to reduce anxiety and negative emotions in hospitalized children
n (%) | χ 2 | p | n (%) | χ 2 | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ages 3-7 | Ages 8-12 | |||||||
Experimental (n = 103) | Control (n = 79) | Experimental (n = 51) | Control (n = 71) | |||||
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 58 (56.0) | 44 (56.0) | 0.02 | 0.89 ns | 29 (56.9) | 43 (60.5) | 0.14 | 0.61 ns |
Female | 45 (44.0) | 35 (44.0) | 22 (43.1) | 28 (39.5) | ||||
Diagnosis | ||||||||
Respiratory problem | 37 (35.9) | 28 (35.5) | 0.08 | 0.99 ns | 21 (41.1) | 28 (39.4) | 0.15 | 0.97 ns |
Gastroenterology problem | 23 (22.3) | 17 (21.5) | 14 (27.5) | 19 (26.8) | ||||
Genitourinary problem | 13 (12.6) | 11 (13.9) | 8 (15.7) | 13 (18.3) | ||||
Household accident | 12 (11.7) | 9 (11.4) | 3 (5.9) | 4 (5.6) | ||||
Fever for investigation | 18 (17.5) | 14 (17.7) | 5 (9.8) | 7 (9.9) | ||||
Number of hospital admissions | ||||||||
1 | 57 (55.3) | 39 (49.4) | 0.05 | 0.86 ns | 27 (52.9) | 38 (53.5) | 0.03 | 0.74 ns |
2-3 | 31 (30.1) | 27 (34.2) | 14 (27.5) | 24 (33.8) | ||||
4-5 | 10 (9.7) | 9 (11.4) | 7 (13.7) | 5 (7.1) | ||||
6 or above | 5 (4.9) | 4 (5.0) | 3 (5.9) | 4 (5.6) | ||||
M (SD) | t | p | M (SD) | t | p | |||
Age | 4.7 (1.4) | 4.5 (1.5) | −0.98 | 0.33 ns | 9.8 (1.3) | 10.9 (2.1) | −0.55 | 0.59 ns |
Mean anxiety scores | 6.7 (2.4) | 6.9 (2.5) | 0.75 | 0.46 ns | 22.5 (4.3) | 23.1 (4.5) | 0.30 | 0.77 ns |