Table 3.

DALDA (Daily Analysis of Life Demands on Athletes) questionnaire responses (median & range) for both training and trial days

	DALDA part 1 (training day) stress sources			DALDA (part 2 training day) stress symptoms
RESPONSE	A (Worse)	B (Same)	C (Better)	A (Worse)	B (Same)	C (Better)
CURCUMIN (n = 11)	0 (0–3)	4 (4–9)	3 (0–5)†	1 (0–4)	21(4–25)	3 (0–19)†
PLACEBO (n = 11)	1 (0–5)	7 (2–9)	1 (0–6)	2 (0–7)	20 (8–25)	2 (0–15)
CONTROL (n = 10)	2 (0–3)	6 (2–9)	0 (0–7)	2 (0–9)	22 (5–25)	2 (0–18)
	DALDA part 1 (trial day) stress sources			DALDA part 2 (trial day) stress symptoms
RESPONSE	A (Worse)	B (Same)	C (Better)	A (Worse)	B (Same)	C (Better)
CURCUMIN (n = 11)	2 (0–4)	6 (2–9)	1 (0–7)	2 (0–5)	22 (5–25)	1 (0–20)
PLACEBO (n = 11)	1 (0–5)	8 (2–9)	0 (0–6)	1 (0–6)	23 (5–25)	0 (0–18)
CONTROL (n = 10)	2 (0–3)	7 (3–9)	0 (0–6)	3 (0–8)	22 (4–25)	1 (0–19)

Data is grouped according to trial type. A – Worse than usual; B – Same as usual; C – Better than usual. ^†indicates statistical significant difference between curcumin and placebo trials, p-value in both parts between curcumin and placebo is 0.04 using Wilcoxon signed ranks.