| parenteral separation anxiety scale |
| Group O | Group N | Total | ||||
| scale | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Child separate easily | 1 | 4 | 8.9 | 40 | 88.9 | 44 | 48.9 | |
| Child whimpers, but easily assured | 2 | 39 | 86.7 | 4 | 8.9 | 43 | 47.8 | |
| Cries and difficult to be assured but not clinging to parents | 3 | 2 | 4.4 | 1 | 2.2 | 3 | 3.3 | |
| Crying but clinging to the parents | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Total |
| 45 | 100.0 | 45 | 100.0 | 90 | 100.0 | |
| Chi-square | X2 |
| 58.276 | |||||
| P-value |
| <0.001** | ||||||