Effect of Abdominal Massage with and without Salvia officinalis on Nausea and Vomiting in Patients with Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 3

Comparison of the mean scores of nauseas at different times between the three groups.

Variables	Group
	The AM with AS group		The AM without AS group		The control group
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Before the intervention	4.85	2.62	4.80	2.75	4.60	2.46
Immediately after the intervention	1.80	1.67	2.85	2.01	3.65	1.60
One week after the intervention	0.25	0.44	0.95	1.05	1.80	1.10
The source of change	Sums of squares		Degrees of freedom	F	value	Eta^2
Group	30.28		2	4.0	0.02	0.045
Time	337.34		2	44.52	<0.001	0.34
	24.49		4	1.62	0.17	0.04
Error	647.80		171

AM: abdominal massage; AS: aromatic substance; SD: standard deviation; F: repeated-measures analysis of variance.