Table 2

Patients’ anxiety scores (before and after block and difference between the post-block and pre-block scores), patient and physician satisfaction scores and their perceptions of difficulty in communication

	Music	Midazolam	P value
Pre STAI-6 scores	33.3 (23.3–41.7)	30 (20–40)	0.65
Post STAI-6 scores	30 (20–40)	23.3 (20–33.3)	0.01*
Change in STAI-6 scores, mean (SD)	−1.6 (10.7)	−4.2 (11)	0.14
Patient satisfaction	8 (5–9)	9 (7–10)	0.01*
Patient perspective on communication difficulties	1 (1–2)	1 (1–1)	0.005*
Physician satisfaction	9 (8–10)	10 (8–10)	0.07
Physician perspective on communication difficulties	1 (1–2)	1 (1–1)	0.0007*

Data are presented as median (IQR), except for the change in STAI-6 scores which is normally distributed and is presented as mean (SD). Patient and physician satisfaction scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 10. Perception of communication difficulty is presented on a Likert scale (from 0 to 5).
Wilcoxon rank sum test was used to compare the two groups in all data points except for the change in STAI-6 scores in which a paired t-test was used for this comparison.
*Statistical significance is considered when p<0.05.
STAI-6, State Trait Anxiety Inventory-6.