A Brief Body-Mind-Spirit Group Therapy for Chinese Medicine Stagnation Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Baseline demographic characteristics and assessments–intervention and control groups.
Variables
Intervention Group (n=56)
Control Group(n=55)
P valuea
Mean (SD)
n (%)
Mean (SD)
n (%)
Age (Years)
48.5(8.7)
48.9(8.1)
.45
Gender
.62
Female
45(80.4%)
45(81.8%)
Male
11(19.6%)
10(18.2%)
Marital Status
.72
Single
15(26.8%)
10(18.2%)
Married/cohabiting
34(60.7%)
37(67.3%)
Divorced/separated
4(7.1%)
4(7.3%)
Widow
3(5.4%)
4(7.2%)
Employment
.18
Full-time
34(60.7%)
29(52.7%)
Part-time
3(5.4%)
6(10.9%)
Retired
6(10.7%)
3(5.5%)
Homemaker
11(19.6%)
12(21.8%)
Unemployed
2(3.6%)
5(9.1%)
Education Level
.27
Primary school
2(3.6%)
2(3.6%)
Middle school
13(23.2%)
7(12.7%)
High school
12(21.4%)
17(30.9%)
College or above
29(51.8%)
29(52.7%)
Income (HK$)
.63
None
14(25%)
14(25.5%)
<$10,000
5(8.9%)
8(14.5%)
$10,000-$19,999
11(19.6%)
8(14.5%)
$20,000-$39,999
12(21.5%)
13(23.7%)
≥ $40,000
14(25%)
12(21.8%)
Stagnation Total
85.2(23.5)
78.1(26.8)
.27
Body-mind Obstruction
26.2(9.4)
24.2(10.2)
.32
Affect-posture Inhibition
18.0(7.6)
17.5(7.8)
.95
Overattachment
40.1(12.3)
38.2(13.6)
.38
Depression
11.0(4.4)
10.3(5.1)
.55
Anxiety
9.1(3.0)
10.1(4.1)
.19
Physical Distress
55.3(25.2)
56.7(25.7)
.62
Everyday Functioning
47.7(11.1)
46.4(13.6)
.51
Negative Affect
49.2(21.3)
50.5(19.3)
.59
Positive Affect
36.5(11.1)
36.1(15.4)
.88
Mean Cortisol (log nmol/L)
3.8(2.0)
3.4(1.4)
.51
Cortisol Slopes
-0.15 (0.10)
-0.16 (0.10)
.90
Independent samples t-tests were conducted for the continuous variables, and χ2 analysis was performed for the categorical variables, except for gender Fisher’s exact test was used. 1US$ = 7.8HK$.
