Effects of Du Meridian Moxibustion Combined with Mild Moxibustion on Female Pelvic Floor Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

TCM symptom score ().

Group	Number of cases	TCM symptom score
		Week 0	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3
Drug treatment group	40	17.30 ± 3.911	12.00 ± 2.970^b	8.25 ± 2.529^b	5.20 ± 2.066^b
Moxibustion group	40	17.55 ± 3.775^a	10.00 ± 3.389^ab	5.45 ± 2.353^ab	2.05 ± 1.535^ab
F	F (time by group) = 17.889, F (between groups) = 11.239, F (time) = 1087.172
P	P (interactive) = 0.001, P (between groups) = 0.001, P (time) = 0.001

Notes: , compared with the drug treatment group at the same time point; , compared with before treatment.