Table 2.

Comparison of the Symptom Scores Between Groups

Group	Case	Time	Symptom score	Change from pretreatment
Treatment	33	Pretreatment	16.73±2.31	−7.58±1.97**
		Post-treatment	9.15±1.44*
Control	33	Pretreatment	17.24±2.05	−0.39±1.12
		Post-treatment	16.42±1.92

Compared with pretreatment in the same group.

^*p>0.05; compared with the control group, ^**p>0.05.