Table 3.
One-way ANOVAs exploring group differences in blood pressure and anxiety
|
Dependent variable |
Mean change scores (σ) |
Effect of group |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foot massage | Silent resting | Overall | F-Value | Significance (p=) | Partial eta squared (η2) | |
| Systolic Blood Pressure |
−5.10 |
−5.88 |
−5.51 |
0.29 |
0.60 |
0.02 |
| |
(3.34) |
(2.97) |
(3.09) |
|
|
|
| Diastolic Blood Pressure |
−5.06 |
−2.25 |
−3.58 |
4.79 |
0.04* |
0.22 |
| |
(2.46) |
(3.05) |
(3.07) |
|
|
|
| Faces Anxiety Scale |
−0.72 |
−0.30 |
−0.50 |
7.31 |
0.02* |
0.30 |
| (0.42) | (0.24) | (0.40) | ||||
Notes. Total n=19; Foot massage n=9; Silent resting n=10; *p<0.05; σ = Standard Deviation; Change scores were calculated for blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) and anxiety for each of the 12 ft massage or silent resting sessions (i.e., post- minus pre-intervention). An overall mean change score was then calculated for the foot massage and silent resting groups for each measure (i.e., sum of change scores divided by 12).