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Table 3 HAD scores at baseline, after four weeks and after eight weeks of treatment

From: Effects of an integrative treatment, therapeutic acupuncture and conventional treatment in alleviating psychological distress in primary care patients - a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

HAD

IT (n = 40)

TA (n = 40)

CT (n = 40)

IT-TA-CT

IT-CT

TA-CT

IT-TA

 

Mean

SD

Median

Mean

SD

Median

Mean

SD

Median

p-value1

p-value2

p-value2

p-value2

Anxiety

             

Baseline

9.75

5.24

9.50

11.58

4.74

12.00

11.65

4.57

12.00

0.197

0.105

0.877

0.138

4 weeks

7.54

4.34

6.00

7.97

4.18

7.97

10.18

4.16

10.19

0.005

0.005

0.006

0.446

8 weeks

5.40

3.99

5.00

6.94

4.14

6.47

10.35

4.43

11.00

0.000

0.000

0.001

0.093

Depression

             

Baseline

7.61

3.63

7.00

7.65

4.23

8.00

7.48

4.21

8.00

0.991

0,965

0.870

0.969

4 weeks

6.12

3.41

6.00

5.38

3.71

5.38

7.44

3.59

7.42

0.006

0,034

0.002

0.228

8 weeks

3.81

2.73

4.00

4.11

3.04

4.00

7.47

3.66

7.47

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.625

  1. HAD: Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale. 1Nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test, 2Mann-Whitney-U’s test, p-values less than 0,05 are shown in bold.