Table 5.
Mean (SD) reduction in symptom ratings by week group | ||||||||
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | |||||
Massage | Reading | Massage | Reading | Massage | Reading | Massage | Reading | |
Stress/anxiety | 2.03 (1.84) | 1.46 (1.57) | 2.13 (1.87) | 0.93 (1.84) | 2.15 (2.07) | 1.29 (1.15) | 2.08 (1.80) | 1.22 (1.48) |
t(78) = 1.47 | t(78) = 2.90** | t(58.61) = 2.285* | t(78) = 2.34* | |||||
Pain | 1.25 (1.53) | 0.95 (1.41) | 1.20 (1.34) | 0.85 (1.67) | 1.425 (1.62) | 0.78 (1.26) | 1.375 (1.44) | 0.59 (1.18) |
t(79) = 0.91 | t(79) = 1.03 | t(79) = 2.01* | t(79) = 2.70** | |||||
Fatigue | 1.90 (1.53) | 1.075 (1.40) | 1.875 (1.51) | 1.30 (1.70) | 1.40 (1.57) | 1.125 (1.44) | 1.80 (1.88) | 0.85 (1.51) |
t(78) = 2.51** | t(78) = 1.60 | t(78) = 0.82 | t(78) = 2.49* | |||||
Depression | 0.92 (1.17) | 0.65 (1.03) | 1.13 (1.80) | 0.45 (1.89) | 0.82 (1.11) | 0.775 (1.33) | 1.00 (1.51) | 0.725 (1.09) |
t(76) = 1.09 | t(76) = 1.63 | t(76) = 0.15 | t(76) = 0.93 | |||||
Nausea | 0.51 (0.82) | 0.39 (1.07) | 0.74 (1.50) | 0.32 (1.15) | 0.44 (0.94) | 0.17 (0.63) | 0.62 (0.94) | 0.32 (0.96) |
t(74.80) = 0.58 | t(78) = 1.43 | t(68.87) = 1.475 | t(78) = 1.41 | |||||
Other | 1.07 (1.74) | 1.00 (1.35) | 1.37 (2.06) | 2.08 (5.38) | 0.53 (1.38) | 0.75 (1.06) | 1.33 (2.22) | 0.58 (1.16) |
t(74.80) = 0.58 | t(78) = −1.43 | t(68.87) = −1.48 | t(78) = 1.41 |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001