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Table 2 HAD anxiety, HAD depression and SF-36 MCS and Sense of coherence scores (SOC) at baseline, after eight weeks of treatment and 24 weeks from baseline and change between baseline and follow up for Integrative Treatment (IT), Therapeutic acupuncture (TA) and Conventional Treatment CT

From: Six-month effects of integrative treatment, therapeutic acupuncture and conventional treatment in alleviating psychological distress in primary care patients - follow up from an open, pragmatic randomized controlled trial

 

IT (n = 40)

TA (n = 40)

CT (n = 40)

    
 

M

Mdn

SD

M

Mdn

SD

M

Mdn

SD

IT/TA/CT p 1

IT/CT p 2

TA/CT p 2

IT/TA p 2

HAD Anxiety

            

Baseline

9.8

9.5

5.2

11.6

12.0

4.7

11.7

12.0

4.6

.197

   

8 wks

5.4

5.0

4.0

6.9

6.5

4.1

10.4

11.0

4.4

.001

.001

.001

.093

Δbas/8wks

4.4

3.5

4.9

4.7

5.0

3.8

1.3

1.0

4.3

    

Δ p-value3

.001

  

.001

  

.070

      

24 wks

5.1

4.5

4.1

7.1

7.1

4.3

8.7

8.7

3.5

.001

.001

.046*

.019

Δbas/24wks

4.7

3

4.4

4.5

3.0

4.2

3.0

3.0

4.3

.080

   

Δ p-value3

.001

  

.001

  

.001

      

HAD Depression

            

Baseline

7.6

7.0

3.6

7.7

8.0

4.2

7.5

8.0

4.2

.991

   

8 wks

3.8

4.0

2.7

4.1

4.0

3.0

7.5

7.5

3.7

.001

.001

.001

.625

Δbas/8wks

3.8

3.0

3.6

3.4

3.0

3.9

0.0

0.0

3.4

    

Δ p-value3

.001

  

.001

  

.080

      

24 wks

3.6

3.6

3.6

4.4

3.0

3.9

6.2

7.0

3.9

.001

.001

.011

.260

Δbas/24wks

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.3

3.0

3.9

1.4

1.0

4.4

.250

   

Δ p-value3

.001

  

.001

  

.030*

      

SF36: MCS

             

Baseline

27.6

24.5

12.4

28.5

31.3

13.6

27.1

27.6

12.4

.896

   

8 wks

46.1

46.1

9.4

43.4

43.6

11.9

32.7

32.4

14.1

.001

.001

.001

.476

Δbas/8wks

18.5

11.8

18.4

14.9

12.3

11.9

5.5

13.6

5.3

.001

.001

.002

.160

Δ p-value3

.001

  

.001

  

.013*

      

24 wks

44.6

46.3

11.2

42.6

42.6

12.9

34.6

34.6

12.3

.001

.001

.001

.513

Δbas/24wks

14.0

11.0

15.4

17.0

15.8

13.3

7.5

6.4

15.7

.013*

   

Δ p-value3

.001

  

.001

  

.004

      

SOC-13

             

Baseline

55.4

56.0

13.7

52.2

54.0

11.6

53.1

51.5

13.8

.533

   

8 wks

68.1

68.0

9.6

64.8

65.0

10.4

56.3

56.4

13.3

.001

.001

.001

.954

Δbas/8wks

12.7

11.4

10.0

12.5

10.9

11.0

3.2

11.5

2.5

.001

.001

.001

.951

Δ p-value3

.001

  

.001

  

.091

  

.001

   

24 wks

65.7

65.9

11.1

64.5

64.5

11.9

58.5

58.5

10.6

.001

.001

.004

.531

Δbas/24wks

10.3

8.7

13.9

12.4

12.0

12.2

5.4

5.5

14.2

.078

   

Δ p-value3

.001

  

.001

  

.012

      
  1. HAD: Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale; SF-36: 36-item Short Form health survey; MCS: Mental Component Summary score; SOC: Sense of coherence. 1Nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test, 2Mann-Whitney-U test, 3Wilcoxon signed rank test, p-values less than 0,05 are shown in bold. *Bonferroni correction p < .012
  2. P values for between-group comparisons of baseline scores, 8-week and 24-week scores and baseline to 8-week and 24-week change (Δ), as well as within-group change are shown.
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