Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Acupuncture for Anxiety in Lactating Mothers with Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 3

STAI scores before and after the intervention.
STAI scoresMinimumMaximumMeanStandard deviationP value
STAI-Trait (preintervention)     
 AG ( )29,0069,0044,5711,640,937a
 PG ( )29,0061,0044,278,71
 Total ( )29,0069,0044,4110,05 
STAI-State (postintervention)     
 AG 28,0066,0046,4311,100,350a
 PG32,0063,0050,079,48
 Total28,0066,0048,3110,28 
STAI-State (postintervention)      
 AG 28,0050,0037,715,33 
 PG31,0056,0041,878,85 
 Total28,0056,0039,867,53 
Difference (pre- and postintervention)*     
 AG −4,0030,008,719,790,888a
 PG−6,0024,008,209,68
 Total−6,0030,008,459,56 
STAI-State preintervention minus STAI-State postintervention. aStudent’s t-test