Table 6 Parental expectations, experience, psychological distress and reactions to imaging

Pre-imaging:

 Anxiety^a

4.21 (SD 2.45)

2.39 (SD 1.29)

-1.82

4.11^**

0.81

 Excitement

7.38 (SD 2.03)

7.50 (SD 2.43)

0.12

-0.21

-0.60

 CORE-10

8.64 (SD 5.07)

7.17 (SD 3.82)

-1.47

1.13

0.30

 Expectations

4.55 (SD 0.86)

4.56 (SD 0.78)

0.01

-0.02

-0.00

Post-imaging:

 Anxiety^a

2.14 (SD 2.34)

1.47 (SD 0.94)

0.67

1.74

0.32

 Excitement^a

7.63 (SD 2.29)

9.12 (SD 1.05)

1.49

-3.74^**

-0.71

 Satisfaction^a

8.36 (SD 1.78)

9.12 (SD 1.05)

0.76

-2.18^*

-0.46

 CORE-10

8.38 (SD 5.94)

4.82 (SD 3.09)

-3.55

2.36^*

0.65

 Imaging experience

4.61 (SD 0.62)

4.53 (SD 1.01)

-0.08

0.39

0.11