A Placebo-Controlled Study on the Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome of Qi Stagnation and Dampness Obstruction Related to Atypical Antipsychotics with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Table 4

Comparison of PANSS between two groups.

	Study				Control			t
PS	BT	18.42	±	6.63	16.04	±	4.69	2.58	0.01
	1^st ME	15.26	±	4.99	14.71	±	4.44	0.70	0.49
	2^nd ME	13.30	±	4.52	13.71	±	4.19	−0.56	0.58
	3^rd ME	11.82	±	4.10	13.17	±	4.38	−1.85	0.07
NS	BT	20.06	±	7.77	21.69	±	7.16	−1.30	0.20
	1^st ME	18.24	±	7.16	20.98	±	6.95	−2.29	0.02
	2^nd ME	16.83	±	7.07	19.85	±	6.75	−2.58	0.01
	3^rd ME	16.25	±	9.92	19.62	±	6.88	−2.45	0.02
GS	BT	34.34	±	9.76	32.52	±	6.46	1.38	0.17
	1^st ME	29.22	±	7.18	30.21	±	5.34	−0.97	0.34
	2^nd ME	27.05	±	6.58	29.71	±	5.45	−2.66	0.01
	3^rd ME	24.34	±	5.78	28.65	±	5.32	−4.61	0.00
PANSS	BT	72.82	±	19.18	70.25	±	12.68	0.99	0.32
	1^st ME	62.79	±	14.40	65.90	±	12.65	−1.37	0.17
	2^nd ME	57.33	±	13.83	63.27	±	13.07	−2.61	0.01
	3^rd ME	52.40	±	15.23	61.44	±	13.33	−3.79	0.00

PANSS = positive and negative symptom scale; PS = positive symptom; NS = negative symptom; GS = general symptom; BT = before treatment; and ME = month end.