Research Article
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.
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Groups | Frequency of symptom present in samples* | Pre- and posttherapy data comparison (mean SD) | Pretherapy (%) | Posttherapy (%) | Pretherapy () | Posttherapy () | Improvement (%) (2) | P value |
| HbA1c (%) | Reflexology | 29 (100%) | 10 (34.4%) | | | 34.0 | 0.001 | Control | 29 (100%) | 19 (65.5%) | | | 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%) | | | 31.6 | 0.001 | Control | 29 (100%) | 18 (62.1%) | | | 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%) | | | 38.7 | 0.001 | Control | 29 (100%) | 24 (82.8%) | | | 19.1 | 0.007 | P value | 1.00 | 0.082 | 0.201 | 0.002 | | |
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The frequency percentage was used to determine the frequency of the trial population presented with a particular physiological parameter.
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