Determination of Efficacy of Reflexology in Managing Patients with Diabetic Neuropathy: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 1

Comparison of pre- and posttherapy glycosylated hemoglobin and blood glucose in between the groups.

Variables	Groups	Frequency of symptom present in samples*		Pre- and posttherapy data comparison (mean ± SD)
		Pretherapy 𝑛 (𝑛%)	Posttherapy 𝑛 (𝑛%)	Pretherapy; (𝑛=29)	Posttherapy; (𝑛=29)	Improvement (%) (2)	P value
HbA1c (%)	Reflexology	29 (100%)	10 (34.4%)	9.7±2.5	6.4±1.0	34.0	0.001
	Control	29 (100%)	19 (65.5%)	9.4±1.7	8.6±2.1	8.5	0.001
	P value	1.00	0.018	0.5541	0.001
Fasting blood; glucose; (mg/dL)	Reflexology	29 (100%)	9 (31.0%)	160.2±46.7	109.6±24.0	31.6	0.001
	Control	29 (100%)	18 (62.1%)	153.4±32.6	130.7±29.5	14.8	0.001
	P value	1.00	0.018	0.525	0.012
Postprandial; blood glucose; (mg/dL)	Reflexology	29 (100%)	17 (58.6%)	230.0±53.4	141.0±15.8	38.7	0.001
	Control	29 (100%)	24 (82.8%)	220.8±41.9	178.7±40.0	19.1	0.007
	P value	1.00	0.082	0.201	0.002

∗The frequency percentage was used to determine the frequency of the trial population presented with a particular physiological parameter.