Original Article
Dejian Mind-Body Intervention on Depressive Mood of Community-Dwelling Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 2
Comparisons on the pre- and post-treatment scores on the three parameters of bowel condition of the two treatment groups.
| | Three items on bowel condition | Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | t-value | P-value | | Treatment group | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| | Frequency of bowel movement (per day) | | | | | | DMBI group | 1.17 (.37) | 1.31 (0.58) | | .20 | | CBT group | 1.15 (.61) | 1.16 (.67) | | .94 | | Amount of time for emptying bowel (min) | | | | | | DMBI group | 5.90 (3.22) | 4.73 (1.82) | 2.54* | .02 | | CBT group | 6.33 (3.56) | 5.45 (2.55) | 1.14 | .27 | | Feeling of incompletely emptied bowel | | | | | | after bowel movement (no. of days/week) | | | | | | DMBI group | 1.68 (1.69) | 0.95 (1.09) | 2.10* | .049 | | CBT group | 1.13 (1.74) | 1.23 (2.13) | | .73 |
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; DMBI: Dejian Mind-Body Intervention; CBT: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
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