Table 3.

The effects of auricular acupressure on mood state among parents of children with cancer (N = 35).

Variable	Tension			Depression			Anger			Vigor			Fatigue			Confusion
	B	SE	P	B	SE	P	B	SE	P	B	SE	P	B	SE	P	B	SE	P
Intercept	5.82	1.24	< 0.001	4.59	1.23	< 0.001	4.88	1.36	< 0.001	2.59	0.77	< 0.001	7.88	1.27	< 0.001	7.35	0.80	0.000
Group
AAG	−1.55	1.45	0.285	−1.64	1.35	0.224	−0.88	1.53	0.564	3.58∗∗	1.29	0.005	−2.55	1.58	0.106	−0.85	1.03	0.406
Time
Time 1	−0.72	1.31	0.583	0.58	1.35	0.669	−0.25	1.42	0.861	0.93	0.68	0.170	−1.35	1.18	0.252	−0.27	0.71	0.703
Time 2	−0.64	1.31	0.623	−0.33	1.19	0.782	−0.04	1.40	0.978	1.68	1.24	0.175	0.11	1.12	0.921	−0.08	0.84	0.928
Time 3	−1.45	1.12	0.195	−0.97	1.12	0.386	−0.77	1.23	0.534	−0.33	0.70	0.641	−2.34	1.24	0.058	−0.92	0.71	0.195
Time∗group
AAG∗T1	1.11	1.46	0.449	−0.19	1.53	0.903	0.42	1.69	0.806	−0.65	1.16	0.574	2.41	1.58	0.128	−0.23	0.90	0.798
AAG∗T2	0.00	1.53	0.998	0.23	1.50	0.879	0.26	1.74	0.883	−0.10	1.61	0.952	0.11	1.53	0.940	−0.85	0.99	0.391
AAG∗T3	1.78	1.54	0.249	0.84	1.40	0.549	1.08	1.69	0.524	0.62	1.25	0.617	3.02	1.67	0.070	−0.73	0.94	0.440

∗∗P <0.01.

AAG, active auricular acupressure group; B, estimated parameter; SE, standard error.