Benefits of Massage-Myofascial Release Therapy on Pain, Anxiety, Quality of Sleep, Depression, and Quality of Life in Patients with Fibromyalgia

Table 5

Differences between study groups in Pittsburgh sleep quality index score at baseline and after therapy.

	Baseline; (n = number of patients)							20 Weeks; (n = number of patients)
	EG			PG			P	EG			PG			P
PSQI	NP	MP	SP	NP	MP	SP		NP	MP	SP	NP	MP	SP
PSQ	0	6	24	1	9	19	.072	0	5	25	3	14	12	.052
SL	1	1	28	1	3	25	.836	1	16	13	2	6	21	.045*
SD	0	7	23	1	1	27	.047*	0	14	16	0	4	25	.041*
HSE	1	9	20	0	5	24	.321	0	15	15	0	7	22	.073
SDI	0	11	19	2	10	17	.223	0	22	8	2	6	21	.051
DD	0	28	2	0	26	3	.493	2	26	2	0	23	6	.082

* P-value = .05. Values are shown as n = number of patients with no problems, moderate problems, severe problems. Abbreviations: PSQI: Pittsburgh sleep quality index; EG: experimental group; PG: placebo group; PSQ: Pittsburgh subjective quality; SL: sleep latency; SD: sleep duration; HSE: habitual sleep efficiency; SDI: sleep disturbance; DD: daily dysfunction; NP: no problems; MP: moderate problems; SP: severe problems.