Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2012 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Effect of Combining Therapy with Traditional Chinese Medicine-Based Psychotherapy and Herbal Medicines in Women with Menopausal Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Table 1 Baseline on clinical and demographic characteristics in all groups (mean and standard deviations).
Characteristic PSY + CHM
) PSY
) CHM
) Placebo
) Mean age (SD), y 49.77 (2.92) 50.16 (2.79) 49.5 (2.86) 49.68 (2.93) Mean body mass index (SD), kg/m2 22.65 (2.29) 23.63 (3.21) 23.17 (2.76) 23.1 (2.81) Menopausal transition (versus postmenopausal),
(%) 66 (62.9) 69 (66.4) 59 (53.2) 55 (52.9) Mean Kupperman index score (SD) 24.85 (7.55) 24.58 (6.86) 22.21 (5.79) 22.38 (6.37) Mean MENQOL score (SD) [12 ] 267.82 (73.72) 272.27 (64.42) 256.52 (70.28) 261.32 (69.93) Mean vasomotor subscale score (SD) 34.7 (9.77) 34.39 (9.02) 32.67 (9.02) 31.26 (11.79) Mean psychosocial subscale score (SD) 69.6 (24.22) 69.88 (22.51) 61.17 (24.86) 63.57 (25.88) Mean physical subscale score (SD) 134.42 (47.22) 139.66 (44.33) 135.6 (42.92) 137.72 (40.6) Mean sexual subscale score (SD) 29.1 (15.26) 28.33 (16.33) 27.08 (15.21) 28.37 (15.26)
