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Published in final edited form as: Geriatr Nurs. 2015 Mar 14;36(2):154–160. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2015.02.012

Table 4.

Means and standard deviations of measures at enrollment, immediately before randomization (Week 2), and at completion of study (Week 8).

	Enrollment	Week 2	Week 8

	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ±SD
Emotional well-being^a
Meditation	72.7 ± 20.5	66.2 ± 15.6	75.4 ± 16.9
Control	72.1 ± 20.7	71.8 ± 20.6	74.1 ± 20.5
Health change^a
Meditation	46.2 ± 17.2	40.4 ± 28.0	61.5 ± 24.2
Control	46.4 ± 23.7	46.4 ± 23.7	51.8 ± 20.7
Bodily pain^a
Meditation	56.3 ± 21.0	49.0 ± 27.7	54.7 ± 19.1
Control	53.0 ± 22.6	52.9 ± 21.4	56.6 ± 20.2
Physical functioning^a
Meditation	61.2 ± 25.3	57.7 ± 30.0	68.1 ± 26.1
Control	66.8 ± 32.5	67.1 ± 30.3	66.1 ± 33.4
Physical-role limitations^a
Meditation	68.8 ± 26.3	60.6 ± 32.6	54.3 ± 30.2
Control	76.8 ± 22.0	67.4 ± 21.4	66.1 ± 23.9
Total CES-D score^b
Meditation	9.2 ± 9.8	12.0 ± 12.4	9.9 ± 9.1
Control	10.1 ± 6.2	10.4 ± 10.8	7.4 ± 5.7
State anxiety^c
Meditation	28.5 ± 9.5	35.2 ± 13.0	26.8 ± 9.4
Control	27.9 ± 6.8	28.3 ± 7.4	27.0 ± 7.3
Affective pain^d
Meditation	2.7 ± 2.4	2.7 ± 2.7	1.8 ± 2.0
Control	1.2 ± 1.6	1.3 ± 1.2	1.9 ± 2.0
Total pain score^d
Meditation	3.5 ± 2.2	3.2 ± 2.3	2.6 ± 1.6
Control	2.4 ± 1.5	2.3 ± 1.2	2.1 ± 1.5

^a

RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0; lower scores indicate worse health.

^b

Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale; lower scores indicate less depression.

^c

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; lower scores indicate less anxiety.

^d

Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire; lower scores indicate less pain.