Research Article

Efficacy and Safety of Sipjeondaebo-Tang for Anorexia in Patients with Cancer: A Pilot, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Table 4

Changes from baseline to the end of the study on qi and blood deficiency.

VariablePeriodSJDBT group Placebo group p
Mean ± SDMean ± SD

Qi0 weeks0.557
4 weeks0.002<0.0010.932
Δ(0–)0.757

Blood0 weeks0.944
4 weeks0.0340.0760.975
Δ(0–)0.980

() represents p value of comparison between 0 weeks and 4 weeks within each group; represents value of comparison between SJDBT group and placebo group in each period.