A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of Combining Therapy with Traditional Chinese Medicine-Based Psychotherapy and Chinese Herbal Medicine for Menopausal Women with Moderate to Serious Mood Disorder
Table 3
Comparison of the total score of Greene and the scores of each dimension.
Outcome variables Greene
Comparison before and after treatment within groups at each time point
Comparison between groups at each time point
BSSG (n=39)
BSSG-P (n=39)
t/z
P
t/z
P
t/z
P
Total
Baseline
32.62±6.16
33.68±6.46
4 weeks
25.31±5.49
6.45
<0.01
22.45±7.20
7.36
<0.01
1.72
0.79
week
23.59±6.98
4.42
<0.01#
18.48±6.85
9.66
<0.01
2.86
0.01
12 weeks
25.21±5.82
5.73
<0.01
20.90±6.27
8.74
<0.01
2.75
0.01
Anxiety,
Baseline
11.00±2.10
10.97±2.32
4 weeks
8.55±2.47
4.49
<0.01
7.50±2.54
6.65
<0.01
1.70
0.90
8 weeks
8.42±2.50
5.29
<0.01
6.22±2.84
7.78
<0.01
3.26
<0.01
12 weeks
8.90±2.32
3.63
<0.01#
7.22±2.41
6.60
<0.01
2.83
<0.01
Depression
Baseline
8.00±2.63
8.09±2.40
4 weeks
6.42±2.70
3.40
<0.01
5.59±3.06
4.04
<0.01
1.39
0.16#
8 weeks
5.58±2.62
4.91
<0.01
4.00±2.57
6.97
<0.01
2.57
0.01#
12 weeks
6.42±2.60
3.43
<0.01
4.28±1.82
7.52
<0.01
3.80
<0.01
Somatic
Baseline
8.03±3.18
9.44±3.53
4 weeks
6.39±2.28
3.22
<0.01
5.91±2.67
6.03
<0.01
0.56
0.57#
8 weeks
6.55±2.67
2.86
<0.01
5.22±3.31
6.73
<0.01
1.96
0.05#
12 weeks
6.77±2.78
2.05
0.05
5.34±2.54
4.46
<0.01#
2.02
0.04#
Vascular
Baseline
3.48±1.71
3.12±1.60
4 weeks
2.45±1.36
3.50
<0.01
1.97±1.56
2.91
<0.01#
1.70
0.09#
8 weeks
2.29±1.30
4.59
<0.01
1.69±1.38
5.50
<0.01
1.83
0.07#
12 weeks
2.71±1.30
1.89
0.06#
2.00±1.19
2.71
<0.01#
1.97
0.05#
Sexual
Baseline
2.16±0.74
2.19±0.69
4 weeks
2.13±0.50
0.72
0.47#
1.88±0.55
1.95
0.05#
1.82
0.07#
8 weeks
2.00±0.52
1.57
0.12#
2.03±0.70
1.09
0.28#
0.03
0.97#
12 weeks
2.16±0.52
0.46
0.64#
1.91±0.59
1.72
0.09#
1.72
0.09#
# is the rank sum test, and the statistical value is Z value.
