Table 3.

Average Total Pre- and Post-Intervention Scores for Systolic Blood Pressure and Diastolic Blood Pressure

	Average total scores (σ)		Effect of group
Dependent variable	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	t-Value	Significance (p=)
Systolic blood pressure	125.16 (16.77)	117.46 (17.47)	6.75	<0.01*
Diastolic blood pressure	69.94 (11.88)	67.03 (11.45)	3.75	<0.01*

^*p<0.05; σ=standard deviation; average total scores for systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were computed by averaging the pre- and post-intervention raw scores, respectively, across 15 sessions (3 weeks) and the two intervention groups (foot massage and quiet presence).