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 6

Mean difference between time points and pretreatment was compared between groups.

Outcome variable	Time points (week)	BSSG (n=39)	BSSG-P (n=39)	t/z	P
Greene	8 w	9.03±6.41	15.19±8.76	2.56	0.01^#
	12 w	7.41±6.97	12.77±8.14	2.73	0.01
SDS	8 w	9.52±6.22	14.87±6.67	3.21	0.02
	12 w	8.10±6.51	13.84±6.78	3.28	<0.01^#
SAS	8 w	11.72±6.24	15.65±7.89	2.13	0.04
	12 w	10.14±6.11	14.26±7.38	2.35	0.02

Data were expressed as mean. ^# is the rank sum test, and the statistical value is Z value.