The Effect of Inner Engineering Online (IEO) Program on Reducing Stress for Information Technology Professionals: A Randomized Control Study

Table 2

Mann–Whitney U test results between intervention group (n = 34) and control group (n = 34).

Mann–Whitney U test results between intervention group (n = 34) and control group (n = 35) (intergroup analysis at different time points for primary and secondary outcomes)

Variables

Baseline (T1)–Week 4 (T2)

Week 4 (T2)–Week 8 (T3)

Week 8 (T3)–Week 12 (T4)

Intervention (n = 35)

Control group (n = 33)

Test stats (Mann–Whitney U)

value

Intervention (n = 35)

Control group (n = 33)

Test stats (Mann–Whitney U)

value

Intervention (n = 35)

Control group (n = 33)

Test stats (Mann–Whitney U)

value

MBI-Exhaustion

−1.0 (−4.0; 2.0)

−1.0 (−3.0; 1.0)

597.5

0.81

−1.5 (−5.3; 1.0)

−1.0 (−3.3; 0.0)

558.5

0.89

−1.5 (−5.3; 1.0)

(−2.3; 2.0)

669.0

0.17

MBI-Cynicism

−0.3 (−0.9; 0.4)

−0.2 (−1.0; 0.3)

617.0

0.67

(3.3; 3.3)

−0.5 (−4.0; 3.0)

512.5

0.74

(−3.3; 3.3)

(−0.4; 3.0)

541.0

0.93

MBI-Professional Efficiency

0.5 (−2.0; 5.3)

0.0 (−2.0; 2.0)

530.5

0.55

(−3.0; 2.0)

(−5.3; 4.0)

593.0

0.66

(−3.0; 2.0)

(−3.0; 3.3)

586.5

0.73

PSS

−3.0 (−8.0; 0.0)

−1.5 (−4.0; 1.0)

703.0

0.19

−1.0 (−3.0; 2.0)

−2.5 (−6.0; 4.0)

488.0

0.27

−1.0 (−3.0; 2.0)

(−2.0; 3.0)

628.0

0.44

MAAS

0.3 (−0.1; 0.9)

0.4 (−0.1; 0.8)

587.5

0.93

(−0.4; 0.4)

0.1 (−0.2; 0.5)

675.0

0.28

(−0.4; 0.4)

(−0.2; 0.6)

697.0

0.17

DPES

0.3 (0.0; −0.8)

0.1 (−0.5; 0.7)

492.0

0.22

(−0.3; 0.8)

(−0.5; 0.7)

561.0

0.88

(−0.3; 0.8)

−0.2 (−0.8; 0.4)

469.0

0.17

CES-D

−1.0 (−5.0; 0.0)

−1.5 (−5.0; 3.0)

617.0

0.79

(−2.0; 4.0)

(−3.0; 2.0)

517.0

0.50

(−2.0; 4.0)

(−3.3; 2.3)

506.0

0.38

Anxiety

−3.0 (−7.0; 0.0)

−2.0 (−5.0; 0.0)

670.0

0.37

(−1.0; 3.0)

−0.5 (−4.0; 1.0)

405.5

0.03

(−1.0; 3.0)

(−1.0; 1.0)

544.0

0.72