Table 1.
Means (SD)* of total DASS, depression, anxiety, and stress**.
| Reiki group | Control group | Sample total | ||||||
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| Total | High-Mood | Low-Mood | Total | High-Mood | Low-Mood | |||
| Total DASS | Baseline | 17 | 25.9 | 8.9 | 14.4 | 19.4 | 10.5 | 15.7 |
| 10.7* | (6.4) | (6.5) | (9.6) | (9.8) | (7.8) | (10.1) | ||
| Posttreatment | 14.4 | 18.7 | 10.5 | 15.1 | 21.1 | 10.3 | 14.7 | |
| (10.2) | (10.8) | (8.2) | (10) | (8.3) | (8.4) | (10) | ||
| Follow-up | 14.4 | 17.8 | 11.4 | 14.2 | 22.1 | 7.8 | 14.3 | |
| (9.1) | (8.1) | (9.3) | (12.1) | (14.1) | (4.6) | (10.5) | ||
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| Depression | Baseline | 5.1 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 5 | 5.4 |
| (4.2) | (5.7) | (2.3) | (4.8) | (6.2) | (3.6) | (4.4) | ||
| Posttreatment | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 5.1 | |
| (4.1) | (4.7) | (3.5) | (4.9) | (4) | (5.3) | (4.6) | ||
| Follow-up | 3.6 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 5 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 | |
| (3.5) | (4.1) | (2.9) | (4.4) | (5.3) | (3.1) | (4) | ||
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| Anxiety | Baseline | 4.6 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 5 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| (3.7) | (3.2) | (2.3) | (3.1) | (3.5) | (1.8) | (3.5) | ||
| Posttreatment | 3.5 | 5 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 5 | 1.6 | 3.3 | |
| (3.5) | (3.5) | (3) | (3.3) | (3.7) | (2.3) | (3.4) | ||
| Follow-up | 4.2 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 4 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 4.2 | |
| (3.2) | (2.8) | (3.4) | (4.8) | (5.7) | (1.3) | (4.1) | ||
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| Stress | Baseline | 7.3 | 11.2 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 6.5 |
| (5) | (3.1) | (3.5) | (4.8) | (5.1) | (3.3) | (4.8) | ||
| Posttreatment | 6.3 | 8 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 6.3 | |
| (4) | (4.2) | (3.3) | (3.8) | (4.1) | (2.7) | (3.8) | ||
| Follow-up | 6.4 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 2.7 | 5.8 | |
| (3.6) | (3) | (3.8) | (4) | (4.7) | (2.2) | (4) | ||
*Standard deviations are shown in parentheses. **A lower score indicates better mood.