Sleep Ameliorating Effects of Acupuncture in a Psychiatric Population

Table 5

Corrected pretest (T1) means of the PSQI for all five groups and posttest (T2) means of the PSQI for the four groups with patients.

PSQI subtest	Schizophrenia waiting list			Schizophrenia acupuncture			Depression waiting list			Depression acupuncture			Healthy control
	T1	T2	𝑃	T1	T2	𝑃	T1	T2	𝑃	T1	T2	𝑃	T1
Total score	5.75	4.88	0.576	8.50	5.50	0.048*	9.63	9.00	0.493	8.50	6.88	0.003**	3.50
Subjective quality	1.00	0.75	0.170	1.00	0.50	0.170	1.63	1.50	0.685	1.38	1.00	0.080	0.75
Latency	0.87	0.75	0.732	1.88	0.75	0.038*	1.50	1.63	0.685	1.50	1.12	0.197	0.50
Duration	0.25	0.13	0.598	0.38	0.63	0.351	1.00	0.75	0.451	0.50	0.63	0.351	0.63
Efficiency	1.38	0.63	0.365	1.00	1.50	0.407	1.13	1.38	0.563	1.00	0.75	0.170	0.25
Disorders	0.88	0.88	1.00	1.38	0.88	0.033*	1.63	1.63	1.00	1.50	1.13	0.080	0.88
Medication	0.00	0.38	0.351	1.88	0.38	0.033*	1.25	0.13	0.094	0.75	0.75	1.00	0.00
Daytime sleepiness	1.38	1.38	1.00	1.00	0.88	0.685	1.50	2.00	0.104	1.88	1.50	0.080	0.50

Difference T1-T2 within the groups: *𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.005.