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Table 2 The distribution of Beck Depression Inventory, Symptom Distress Thermometer, and Brief Symptom Rating Scale-5 among music group and non-music group

From: Impact of background music listening on anxiety in cancer patients undergoing initial radiation therapy: a randomized clinical trial

 

Mean ± SD

   

Music group

Non-music group

p value‡

p value†

p value#

N

50

50

   

Beck anxiety Inventory

 Pre-test

6.7 ± 11.7

7.8 ± 8.5

0.0691

-

-

 Post-test

1.7 ± 3.7

7.4 ± 8.0

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.5794

 Withdraw-music

6.5 ± 8.7

-

-

0.6196

-

Symptom Distress Thermometer

 Pre-test

4.3 ± 1.5

3.4 ± 1.7

0.0076

-

-

 Post-test

2.7 ± 1.2

3.5 ± 1.3

0.0023

< 0.0001

0.5086

 Withdraw-music

3.7 ± 1.4

-

-

0.1009

-

Brief Symptom Rating Scale-5

 Pre-test

3.4 ± 2.3

2.6 ± 2.3

0.0453

-

-

 Post-test

1.6 ± 1.4

2.7 ± 2.2

0.0114

< 0.0001

0.6931

 Withdraw-music

3.7 ± 3.0

-

-

1.0000

-

  1. ‡ The p value indicated the significance of mean difference between music group and non-music group by Mann-Whitney U test
  2. † The p value indicated the significance of mean difference compared with pre-test value within music group by Wilcoxon’s signed rank test
  3. #The p value indicated the significance of mean difference compared with pre-test value within non-music group by Wilcoxon’s signed rank test
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