Table 2.
Comparison of Baseline and Final HAM-D Scores in the Three Study Groups
| |
Baseline |
Week 8 |
% Change |
#/% |
#/% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | HAM-D | HAM-D | HAM-D | Responders | Remitters |
| NI | |||||
| ITT (n=14) | 25.6±5.8 | 22.6±8.0 | −11.7 | 2/14 | 0/0 |
| Completers (n=12) | 26.1±6.1 | 23.3±7.8 | −10.7 | 1/8.3 | 0/0 |
| Touch | |||||
| ITT (n=16) | 20.2±3.8a | 22.1±8.2 | 9.4 | 1/6.3 | 0/0 |
| Completers (n=11) | 20.6±3.5 | 20.7±8.0 | 0.5 | 1/9.1 | 0/0 |
| Massage | |||||
| ITT (n=20) | 22.6±5.9 | 15.0±9.1b,c | −33.6d | 8/40.0e | 3/15 |
| Completers (n=14) | 22.4±5.8 | 12.7±8.9b,c | −43.3d | 8/57.1f | 3/21.4 |
Mean (±standard deviation) baseline and week 8 Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) scores, % change in HAM-D (baseline to week 8), number (#) of treatment responders (% change in HAM-D≥50%), number (#) of treatment remitters (week 8 HAM-D≤6) in the intent to treat (ITT) and completer groups.
a
Compared to No Intervention (NI) at baseline (p≤0.03).
b
Compared to baseline HAM-D (p≤0.01).
c
Compared to both NI and touch at week 8 (p≤0.02).
d
Significantly reduced as compared to NI and touch groups for ITT (p≤0.02) and completers (p≤0.01).
Significantly different compared to NI and touch in both eITT (p≤0.04) and fcompleters (p≤0.006) by χ2 analysis.