Means (SDs) of emotional variables and self-esteem before and on two occasions after receiving test results
| Before: t1 | After: t2 | After: t3 | Within group analyses | |||
| Anxiety (stai-c) | Positive | n=9 | 32.7 (4.9) | 30.6 (6.0) | 31.5 (4.2)6-150 | |
| (norm 31.0, SD 5.7) | Positive | n=9 | 33.6 (9.0) | 25.2 (5.4) | 22.8 (3.7)6-150 | Friedman χ2=12.7, p=0.002 |
| Depression | Positive | n=9 | 2.3 (2.1) | 2.6 (3.0) | 1.4 (2.3) | |
| (adult clinical cut-off: 7) | Negative | n=12 | 1.4 (1.6) | 0.7 (0.9) | 0.3 (0.9) | |
| Situational distress | Positive | n=10 | 22.1 (8.4) | 17.5 (15.2) | 15.4 (11.7)6-151 | |
| (medical student norms | Negative | n=12 | 20.9 (13.0) | 14.5 (13.3) | 5.9 (7.4)6-151 | Friedman χ2=15.8, p=0.000 |
| female: 12.7 (10.8), male: 6.9 (6.8)) | ||||||
| Self-esteem | Positive | n=9 | 30.7 (5.8)6-152 | 32.2 (4.9)6-153 | 32.8 (4.2) | |
| (norm 29.3) | Negative | n=11 | 27.3 (3.4)6-152 | 29.8 (5.5)6-153 | 33.5 (6.8) | Friedman χ2=11.6, p=0.003 |