Figures & data
Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population
Table 2 Levels of pain and anxiety before and after the medical-clowning intervention within each cultural group
Table 3 Reductions in levels of anxiety and pain among Jews and Bedouins
Table 4 Enjoyment of various components of the clown intervention within each cultural group
Table 5 Hierarchical multiple regression model for predicting the change in the children’s level of pain following the intervention based on children’s levels of pain before the intervention and their enjoyment of the clowns’ verbal and nonverbal humor
Figure 2 The ability to predict children’s anxiety levels after the intervention based on the interaction between the child’s enjoyment of the clown’s verbal humor and the child’s culture.
![Figure 2 The ability to predict children’s anxiety levels after the intervention based on the interaction between the child’s enjoyment of the clown’s verbal humor and the child’s culture.](/cms/asset/11a94615-3c92-4e23-b4be-35f48b441683/djpr_a_135678_f0002_c.jpg)
Table 6 Hierarchical multiple regression model for predicting the change in children’s anxiety levels following the medical-clowning intervention based on children’s levels of anxiety before the intervention, their enjoyment of nonverbal humor, and enjoyment of verbal humor × culture interaction