Quality of care combined with mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention in patients undergoing arterial interventional embolization for liver tumors

Table 1 Comparison of psychological stress response levels between the two groups (mean ± SD, points)

Group	n	Individual attention to emotional experience		Differentiation of emotional experiences		Regulation of negative emotions
		Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Control	42	20.69 ± 5.25	25.24 ± 5.39a	27.42 ± 5.31	32.59 ± 5.64a	17.09 ± 5.27	20.23 ± 5.35a
Observation	42	20.47 ± 5.13	28.52 ± 5.46a	27.60 ± 5.47	36.07 ± 5.76a	17.23 ± 5.30	23.32 ± 5.45a
t		0.194	2.771	0.153	2.798	0.121	2.622
P value		0.846	0.007	0.879	0.006	0.904	0.010

^aP < 0.05, specific values against the same group before intervention.