Adaptive Auricular Point Acupressure for Sleep Disturbance in Women with Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 5

Comparisons of life quality scores between the two groups (mean (SD)).

Items of FACT-B	Pretest		Post-test		t/Z	P
	Control group	APA group	Control group	APA group
Physical wellbeing	21.15 ± 4.47	21.03 ± 4.82	22.06 ± 3.20	22.82 ± 4.17	−1.69^c	0.092
Social/family wellbeing	19.15 ± 4.07	18.35 ± 3.28	18.38 ± 4.34	19.38 ± 3.69	−1.02^a	0.310
Emotional wellbeing	17.15 ± 5.09	17.32 ± 4.38	17.44 ± 3.74	19.32 ± 2.98	−2.11^c	0.035^∗
Functional wellbeing	15.65 ± 4.13	14.56 ± 4.14	14.82 ± 3.86	17.03 ± 4.19	−2.26^a	0.027^∗
Breast cancer subscale	23.85 ± 6.03	24.65 ± 5.29	24.24 ± 5.62	26.68 ± 4.48	−1.98^a	0.052
FACT-B total score	96.94 ± 15.48	95.91 ± 16.85	96.94 ± 13.25	96.94 ± 13.25	−2.40^a	0.019^∗

Abbreviation: APA, auricular point acupressure; FACT-B: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast. .