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Table 3 Within-subject repeated measure analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests comparing the effects of different types of food presentation (real food (RF), photographs (PH), virtual reality (VR)) on psychological and physiological responses of anorexia (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN) and control (CTR) subjects compared to the baseline (only significant values are reported)

From: Assessment of the emotional responses produced by exposure to real food, virtual food and photographs of food in patients affected by eating disorders

 

RF

PH

VR

 

F

P value

F

P value

F

P value

Psychological

      

STAI-S

      

AN

5.82

0.012

4.01

0.048

5.78

0.02

BN

5.12

0.025

3.52

0.04

5.01

0.029

VAS-A

      

AN

5.01

0.018

4.1

0.045

4.98

0.03

BN

5.09

0.026

3.7

0.037

5.01

0.029

Physiological

      

HR

      

AN

4.49

0.031

4.2

0.043

5.01

0.029

BN

5

0.027

2.99

0.045

4.99

0.03

SCR

      

AN

5.98

0.09

4.05

0.045

4.9

0.03

BN

3.2

0.038

2.28

0.048

4.8

0.033

  1. HR = heart rate; SCR = skin conductance; STAI-S = Stait Anxiety Inventory; VAS-A = Visual Analogue Scale for anxiety.