Research Article
Acupuncture for Anxiety in Lactating Mothers with Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 5
Correlation between STAI scores and salivary cortisol levels (
value).
| | Variables | Preintervention cortisol | Postintervention cortisol | | AG | PG | Total | AG | PG | Total |
| | STAI-Trait | 0,402 | 0,252 | 0,154 | 0,239 | 0,041 | 0,800 | | STAI-State (pre-intervention) | 0,749 | 0,942 | 0,753 | — | — | — | | STAI-State (post-intervention) | — | — | — | 0,676 | 0,007* | 0,388 |
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Pearson’s correlation ().
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