Table 3 Comparison of the mean perceived stress of infertility at three time points after the intervention and over time in the control and intervention groups.
Mean stress | Intervention group | Control group | Significant level of comparison between the two groups (independent t-test/Mann–Whitney | Effect size | Significant level of comparison of stress score changes over time between the two groups (GEE test) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Intervention | Intervention | Control | ||
Total stress before | 156.53 | 9.31 | 146.16 | 16.92 | 0.05 | – | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Stress the whole day of ovum retrieval | 155.83 | 10.70 | 165.36 | 8.98 | 0.000 | 0.41 | ||
Stress throughout the day of embryo transfer | 123.58 | 22.92 | 165.35 | 14.45 | 0.000 | 1.69 | ||
Stress the whole day of the pregnancy test | 127.61 | 21.57 | 185.76 | 26.56 | 0.000 | 2.46 | ||
Significant level of comparison of stress score of total day of ovum retrieval with stress score before intervention (paired t-test) | 0.711 | 0.000 | ||||||
Significant level of comparison of total stress day of embryo transfer with pre-intervention stress score (Wilcoxon test) | 0.000 | 0.021 | ||||||
Significant level of comparison of total day stress score of pregnancy test with pre-intervention (Paired t test) | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||||||
Significant level of comparison of stress score over time in each group (Friedman test) | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||||||
