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 4
Comparison of the total score of SDS and the scores of each dimension.
Outcome variable SDS
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
51.62±6.28
<0.01
52.35±6.45
4 weeks
42.90±5.92
8.73
<0.01
41.65±6.23
9.50
<0.01
0.80
0.43
8 weeks
42.10±6.42
8.24
<0.01
37.48±6.02
12.42
<0.01
2.88
0.01
12 weeks
43.52±6.46
4.12
<0.01#
38.52±6.18
11.37
<0.01
3.07
<0.01
Anxiety
Baseline
20.39±2.50
19.94±2.72
4 weeks
17.10±3.35
3.96
<0.01#
15.75±3.12
6.74
<0.01
1.65
0.10
8 weeks
16.71±3.00
7.20
<0.01
14.06±2.26
10.84
<0.01
3.96
<0.01
12 weeks
17.23±2.18
6.44
<0.01
14.84±2.42
8.69
<0.01
3.50
<0.01
Self-loss
Baseline
11.19±3.02
11.47±3.36
4 weeks
9.13±2.92
4.69
<0.01
9.16±2.90
4.73
<0.01
0.00
1.00#
8 weeks
8.94±2.86
4.80
<0.01
8.19±2.57
5.54
<0.01
1.20
0.23#
12 weeks
9.55±2.59
3.84
<0.01
7.94±2.17
6.05
<0.01
2.36
0.02
Motivation lack
Baseline
12.45±1.59
12.41±2.11
4 weeks
8.29±1.51
6.50
<0.01#
8.09±1.33
6.07
<0.01#
0.63
0.53#
8 weeks
11.13±3.49
4.08
<0.01#
9.47±1.83
6.75
<0.01#
2.34
0.02#
12 weeks
11.29±4.10
3.19
<0.01#
10.75±5.55
4.32
<0.01#
1.72
0.08
Physiological
Baseline
8.90±1.81
9.34±2.09
4 weeks
7.00±1.73
5.08
<0.01
6.66±1.62
4.83
<0.01#
0.81
0.42
8 weeks
6.94±1.93
4.98
<0.01
6.31±1.60
5.26
<0.01#
1.30
0.19#
12 weeks
7.45±2.08
2.63
<0.01#
6.66±1.49
4.94
<0.01#
1.66
0.10
Data were expressed as mean. # is the rank sum test, and the statistical value is Z value.
