Research Article
Warm Steam Inhalation before Bedtime Improved Sleep Quality in Adult Men
Table 4
Subjective sleep scores in the morning.
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| Sleep initiation (mm) (0: poor, 100: good) | 58.6 ± 21.1 | 66.0 ± 16.9 | 0.058 | Sleep quality (mm) (0: low, 100: good) | 49.4 ± 13.3 | 59.5 ± 16.0 | 0.005 | Feeling of being refreshed (mm) (0: poor, 100: good) | 50.2 ± 12.1 | 52.7 ± 21.3 | 0.569 |
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Values are expressed as means ± standard deviations. Comparisons are relative to the control session (Wilcoxon signed-rank test).
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