Stress and Fatigue Management Using Balneotherapy in a Short-Time Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 3

The effect of changes stress, fatigue, and pain, follow-up compared with baseline; comparison of changes and of treatment groups.

Item	Geothermal,				Music group,				Control group,				Group comparison
	Baseline	Changes compared to the baseline			Baseline	Changes compared to the baseline			Baseline	Changes compared to the baseline			G-M	G-C
	After				After				After
	Mean (SD)	Mean; 95% CI	Effect size; 95% CI	value	Mean (SD)	Mean; 95% CI	Effect size; 95% CI	value	Mean (SD)	Mean; 95% CI	Effect size; 95% CI	value	B; A	B; A
Stress symptoms	4.35 (1.85)		2.25	<0.001	3.09 (1.58)		1.13	<0.001	3.32 (1.77)	0.06		0.722	0.003	0.010
	1.71 (1.38)	to	1.94 to 2.55		2.37 (1.37)	to	0.79 to 1.48		3.38 (1.31)	to 0.40	to 0.25		0.029	<0.001
Stress intensity	5.41 (1.78)		1.31	<0.001	3.54 (1.72)		0.70	<0.001	3.82 (1.83)		0.02	0.894	<0.001	<0.001
	3.16 (1.95)	to	0.96 to 1.66		3.00 (1.63)	to	0.30 to 1.09		3.80 (1.29)	to 0.28	to 0.33		0.681	0.050
Stress management	5.64 (1.99)	1.98		<0.001	6.77 (2.57)	0.40		0.221	6.44 (2.05)		0.32	0.033	0.050	0.179
	7.62 (2.21)	1.33 to 2.64	to		7.17 (2.16)	to 1.05	to 0.34		6.00 (1.68)	to 0.04	to 0.69		0.348	<0.001
General fatigue	46.36 (26.34)		1.22	<0.001	34.64 (22.86)		0.24	0.168	35.38 (19.75)	5.1		<0.001	0.064	0.051
	22.61 (17.45)	to	to 5.40		31.43 (25.79)	to 1.42	to 5.95		40.50 (15.94)	2.60 to 7.65	to 2.89		0.056	<0.001
Physical fatigue	37.62 (25.54)		0.88	<0.001	34.29 (21.30)		0.24	0.175	27.63 (17.99)	5.88		<0.001	1.000	0.053
	20.83 (18.85)	to	to 5.07		29.64 (24.92)	to 2.17	to 5.67		33.50 (15.14)	3.80 to 7.95	to 2.39		0.061	<0.001
Reduced activity	44.43 (20.86)		1.17	<0.001	35.99 (18.75)		0.39	0.041	34.88 (18.60)	4.50		<0.001	0.196	0.040
	25.11 (16.99)	to	to 4.72		29.74 (24.26)	to	to 5.47		39.38 (14.79)	2.47 to 6.53	to 2.55		0.297	<0.001
Reduced motivation	40.28 (19.97)		1.06	<0.001	28.22 (17.34)		0.15	0.395	28.63 (18.17)	3.38		<0.001	0.013	0.007
	21.41 (16.31)	to	to 4.46		25.57 (19.10)	to 3.62	to 4.42		32.00 (16.25)	1.57 to 5.18	to 2.82		0.283	0.001
Mental fatigue	33.9 (23.3)		0.78	<0.001	24.46 (20.30)	0.0	0.00	1.000	23.38 (16.41)	5.00		<0.001	0.051	0.011
	19.9 (17.6)	to	to 4.63		24.46 (21.08)	to 5.13	to 4.85		28.38 (13.55)	2.94 to 7.06	to 2.20		0.268	0.007
CFQ	31.52 (11.45)		1.09	<0.001	26.59 (13.79)		0.28	0.117	26.02 (9.50)	1.3		0.005	0.172	0.054
	24.54 (10.40)	to	to 3.13		22.94 (9.79)	to 0.97	to 3.09		27.32 (7.36)	0.42 to 2.18	to 1.08		0.476	0.121
Mood	2.52 (0.87)	1.10		<0.001	2.94 (0.54)	0.34		0.001	3.08 (0.53)		0.05	0.766	0.031	<0.001
	3.62 (0.59)	0.49 to 0.94	to		3.29 (0.46)	0.16 to 0.53	to		3.06 (0.32)	to 0.12	to 0.13		0.033	<0.001
VAS	4.10 (2.74)		1.95	<0.001	2.24 (2.02)		0.64	0.006	2.06 (1.61)		0.13	0.399	0.004	0.001
	0.71 (1.06)	to	1.56 to 2.34		2.03 (1.77)	to	0.19 to 1.08		1.98 (1.33)	to 0.11	to 0.42		0.001	<0.001

VAS: Visual Analog Scale (0–10 cm). CFQ: sum of overall cognitive failures;
G: geothermal, M: music, and C: control groups.
Baseline (B): state before treatment and after (A): state after treatment; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.