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 5
Comparison of the total score of SDS and the scores of each dimension.
Outcome variable SAS
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
51.48±5.95
52.03±6.26
4 weeks
40.48±5.59
5.29
<0.01#
39.29±6.90
9.50
<0.01
0.80
0.43
8 weeks
39.76±5.77
10.12
<0.01
36.39±5.90
12.42
<0.01
2.88
0.01
12 weeks
41.34±5.75
8.94
<0.01
37.77±5.73
11.37
<0.01
3.07
<0.01
Anxiety
Baseline
10.74±1.81
11.06±1.72
4 weeks
8.35±2.17
6.78
<0.01
8.25±2.34
4.91
<0.01#
1.65
0.10
8 weeks
8.00±1.95
7.90
<0.01
6.84±1.59
12.59
<0.01
3.96
<0.01
12 weeks
8.29±1.72
4.57
<0.01#
7.25±1.65
5.90
<0.01#
3.50
<0.01
Autonomic nervous disorder
Baseline
9.58±1.67
9.31±1.94
4 weeks
7.81±1.80
3.65
<0.01#
7.41±1.64
3.99
<0.01#
0.00
1.00#
8 weeks
7.77±1.96
4.07
<0.01
6.78±1.70
4.95
<0.01
1.20
0.23#
12 weeks
8.48±1.71
3.27
<0.01
7.50±1.41
4.09
<0.01
2.36
0.02
Somatic
Baseline
17.90±2.82
18.03±2.88
4 weeks
14.61±2.40
4.17
<0.01#
13.72±3.20
7.23
<0.01
0.63
0.53#
8 weeks
14.71±2.76
7.16
<0.01
13.16±3.11
7.74
<0.01
2.34
0.02#
12 weeks
14.65±2.63
7.29
<0.01
13.56± 2.85
6.67
<0.01
1.72
0.08
Exercise tension
Baseline
5.65±1.56
5.62±1.66
4 weeks
4.65±1.31
4.31
<0.01
4.38±1.34
5.46
<0.01
0.81
0.42
8 weeks
4.55±1.26
3.13
<0.01#
4.03±1.49
4.25
<0.01
1.30
0.19#
12 weeks
4.84±1.27
3.01
<0.01
4.50±1.30
3.55
<0.01
1.66
0.10
Data were expressed as mean. # is the rank sum test, and the statistical value is Z value.
