Table 5

Means (SDs) of cognitive variables before and on two occasions after receiving test results

			Before: t1	After: t2	After: t3	Within group analyses
Perceived chance		Positive	n=9	53.2 (10.1)	78.9 (25.2)^5-150	72.2 (36.3)^5-151	Friedman χ²=7.5, p=0.024
Perceived chance		Negative	n=12	46.3 (13.0)	2.6 (3.9)^5-150	16.2 (22.5)^5-151	Friedman χ²=19.6, p=0.000

Confidence about estimate		Positive	n=9	4.3 (1.6)	5.2 (1.1)	5.2 (1.1)	Friedman χ²=6.5, p=0.038
Confidence about estimate		Negative	n=10	4.5 (1.1)	5.7 (0.5)	5.7 (0.7)	Friedman χ²=11.5, p=0.003

Worry about chance		Positive	n=10	3.6 (1.4)	3.4 (1.8)^5-152	2.1 (1.5)^5-153	Friedman χ²=7.9, p=0.019
Worry about chance		Negative	n=12	3.5 (1.6)	0.5 (1.0)^5-152	0.1 (0.3)^5-153	Friedman χ²=15.8, p=0.000

Perceived seriousness		Positive	n=10	5.2 (1.2)	4.6 (1.5)	4.5 (1.5)
Perceived seriousness		Negative	n=12	5.0 (1.5)	5.2 (1.1)	4.6 (1.6)

Threat of test result		Positive	n=9		27.2 (8.6)^5-154	29.3 (5.9)^5-160
Threat of test result		Negative	n=11	—	14.5 (5.7)^5-154	11.9 (3.3)^5-160

Between group analyses
↵5-150 M-W U = 0, p=0.000.
↵5-151 M-W U = 10, p=0.001.
↵5-152 M-W U =11.5, p=0.001.
↵5-153 M-W U = 13.5, p=0.001.
↵5-154 M-W U = 7.5, p=0.001.
↵5-160 M-W U = 66.0, p=0.000.