Table 2. Within- and Between-Group Comparison of Pain Scores and Comparison of Mean Changes before and after the First and ‎Second Round of Intervention Across the Three Groups .

Pain Variable	Reflexology		Benson Relaxation		Control		(P Value) for Between Groups
	Mean±SD	Mean Rank	Mean±SD	Mean Rank	Mean±SD	Mean Rank
Pre intervention 1	6.91 ± 2.32	62.67	6.64 ± 1.99	57.24	8.16 ± 2.06	64.09	0.080
Post intervention 1	6.19 ± 2.22	57.64	5.99 ± 1.96	53.83	8.07 ± 1.60	92.52	< 0.001
P value for within groups	< 0.001		< 0.001		0.674
Pre intervention 2	5.58 ± 1.94	66.46	5.67 ± 1.67	69.63	5.67 ± 2.07	67.91	0.926
Post intervention 2	4.40 ± 2.04	59.74	4.40 ± 1.67	59.53	5.70 ± 2.03	84.72	< 0.001
P value for within groups	< 0.001		< 0.001		0.674
Post-pre intervention 1	-0.725 ± 0.640	57.19	-0.659 ± 0.701	61.30	-0.089 ± 0.999	85.51	0.001
Post-pre intervention 2	-1.178 ± 0.824	54.83	-1.266 ± 0.821	50.88	-0.037 ± 0.929	98.29	< 0.001