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. 2016 Jul-Sep;3(3):272–280. doi: 10.4103/2347-5625.189810

Table 4.

Comparison between before and after the practice of each group at six time points in the six subscales of POMS-SF (n=98)

Instrument (Subscales of POMS-SF) 5 practice groups Before practicing in six time points After practicing in six time points Two way Factorical Analysis of Variance
Main effect with practices Main effect with times Interaction
1th 2th 3th 4th 5th 6th 1th 2th 3th 4th 5th 6th F P F P F P
TA RM (n=19) Mean 50.1 46.2 45.9 43.7 44.7 43.2 39.4 40.4 38.8 38.1 39.9 39.3 28.559 <0.001 3.486 0.006 5.283 0.004
±sd 8.29 7.56 7.23 7.40 7.75 6.50 5.88 6.40 5.32 5.45 6.94 5.73
EHS (n=20) Mean 52.4 47.4 49.0 46.1 46.1 46.4 41.7 38.7 38.5 38.3 38.3 38.6 21.659 <0.001 3.275 0.043 2.151 0.094
±sd 11.37 10.96 11.44 11.36 11.36 11.77 10.93 7.25 5.82 5.39 5.39 6.17
AFB (n=20) Mean 55.0 51.1 51.6 47.1 47.6 47.7 44.3 42.6 41.4 41.2 40.4 39.4 17.966 <0.001 5.168 0.003 2.138 0.067
±sd 14.02 12.24 12.61 12.68 11.28 12.50 9.16 7.32 5.90 7.26 4.78 4.73
PMR (n=20) Mean 53.1 47.2 49.5 47.3 46.4 48.0 40.8 39.0 40.2 38.0 38.8 39.7 26.901 <0.001 2.854 0.019 1.460 0.236
±sd 12.17 14.21 13.20 11.21 11.74 13.23 8.87 9.37 8.79 6.98 7.27 9.87
RB (n=19) Mean 50.8 45.4 46.2 47.3 47.7 49.5 42.9 40.4 40.5 40.3 42.4 42.4 22.713 <0.001 1.436 0.219 0.770 0.574
±sd 10.58 13.23 9.56 11.49 13.03 14.83 10.17 10.26 10.28 10.65 11.94 13.47
D RM (n=19) Mean 47.1 47.6 47.1 45.9 44.9 44.1 42.7 44.8 43.5 43.1 43.9 42.6 12.605 0.002 1.922 0.132 1.967 0.128
±sd 5.66 7.40 6.90 7.34 6.68 5.58 5.23 7.28 6.50 5.52 6.84 6.24
EHS (n=20) Mean 49.7 48.3 47.0 46.0 46.0 45.2 42.8 42.6 42.6 41.8 41.8 41.6 27.844 <0.001 2.094 0.108 1.024 0.191
±sd 6.83 10.12 8.83 8.31 8.31 6.60 6.00 6.79 5.61 4.69 4.69 4.31
AFB (n=20) Mean 52.0 48.1 48.2 46.6 47.9 46.1 46.0 44.0 43.9 42.8 43.1 42.6 15.238 0.001 3.173 0.037 0.842 0.523
±sd 10.73 9.02 8.76 8.68 8.81 6.98 7.43 5.65 6.23 4.53 4.08 4.60
PMR (n=20) Mean 49.6 47.0 47.6 47.2 46.1 45.3 41.6 41.6 42.2 42.2 42.4 43.1 8.863 0.008 0.411 0.743 2.769 0.022
±sd 8.63 12.83 9.63 12.49 9.15 8.07 3.25 7.59 6.85 8.06 6.41 10.23
RB (n=19) Mean 49.8 47.7 47.2 47.5 50.0 50.9 45.3 44.4 43.1 43.1 45.2 47.8 20.842 <0.001 1.029 0.003 0.437 0.746
±sd 8.59 15.74 10.35 10.21 11.75 14.94 8.32 11.77 8.93 9.49 11.84 14.37
AH RM (n=19) Mean 46.6 45.1 46.2 43.1 43.1 43.0 40.1 40.7 41.8 39.3 40.4 39.4 13.620 0.002 1.915 0.100 1.713 0.167
±sd 7.60 7.42 9.62 6.77 7.80 7.00 8.15 5.85 9.48 4.29 8.02 7.10
EHS (n=20) Mean 45.2 43.9 42.4 42.7 42.7 42.6 38.1 38.7 38.7 38.0 38.0 38.2 22.697 <0.001 0.739 0.487 1.741 0.181
±sd 6.34 6.63 4.56 5.98 5.98 8.71 3.08 5.20 5.39 2.60 2.60 2.65
AFB (n=20) Mean 44.9 41.8 40.0 41.4 43.0 39.8 39.3 38.0 38.0 37.2 39.0 37.8 15.058 0.001 3.227 0.050 2.426 0.086
±sd 10.10 5.78 4.41 4.82 7.80 4.55 3.76 1.84 1.76 0.67 3.81 1.70
PMR (n=20) Mean 47.3 44.6 44.7 45.0 42.7 43.4 38.6 38.6 38.6 38.8 38.0 39.2 14.195 0.001 0.703 0.542 1.877 0.132
±sd 7.94 11.12 9.40 10.59 7.83 7.13 3.28 5.21 5.86 4.60 2.16 7.49
RB (n=19) Mean 49.0 48.0 48.1 46.8 45.8 44.9 43.0 41.2 43.2 42.6 40.8 42.5 11.709 0.003 0.448 0.716 1.330 0.259
±sd 9.18 15.26 13.26 15.46 11.59 12.46 11.34 10.25 15.18 14.06 10.89 10.98
V RM (n=19) Mean 43.0 38.3 38.4 38.1 38.4 39.0 37.2 36.4 36.8 36.4 35.0 37.1 10.143 0.005 3.504 0.031 3.447 0.018
±sd 6.83 7.34 5.21 6.00 6.99 6.98 4.31 6.64 5.11 6.27 5.91 6.38
EHS (n=20) Mean 41.3 39.0 41.9 41.6 41.6 41.4 39.5 36.0 38.4 37.7 37.7 37.4 71.458 0.003 1.476 0.234 0.672 0.557
±sd 5.89 6.34 6.80 10.09 10.09 8.73 7.78 6.52 7.90 8.25 8.25 8.29
AFB (n=20) Mean 43.0 38.1 42.6 38.1 36.4 36.6 41.6 36.5 39.6 38.8 36.7 36.5 1.152 0.297 7.703 <0.001 2.485 0.037
±sd 7.27 6.14 6.96 6.38 6.71 5.77 8.99 7.69 7.68 7.79 7.91 9.67
PMR (n=20) Mean 42.8 38.9 40.6 38.3 37.1 36.4 40.4 34.6 35.7 34.8 34.1 34.1 16.381 0.001 7.440 <0.05 1.066 <0.05
±sd 8.78 7.89 8.17 6.94 6.66 7.32 7.75 6.91 6.13 4.58 4.99 7.13
RB (n=19) Mean 47.1 41.7 43.5 43.5 41.7 39.2 43.0 36.1 39.3 37.2 37.0 35.6 18.668 <0.001 7.478 <0.001 0.533 0.603
±sd 10.16 10.17 11.46 11.32 9.91 10.30 11.15 7.04 9.51 9.41 8.76 7.91
F RM (n=19) Mean 50.5 48.2 48.9 46.6 45.8 45.9 41.7 42.9 44.2 41.3 42.4 42.1 25.451 <0.001 1.353 0.269 4.689 0.001
±sd 8.09 9.27 9.58 6.82 7.40 7.25 6.11 8.21 9.44 6.20 6.59 7.28
EHS (n=20) Mean 51.6 50.7 49.3 49.8 49.8 50.6 43.6 43.1 41.4 41.5 41.5 41.0 32.508 <0.001 0.744 0.498 0.515 0.680
±sd 8.53 10.40 9.27 10.46 10.46 10.11 8.33 8.64 6.74 6.19 6.19 5.90
AFB (n=20) Mean 56.4 48.1 50.3 47.3 49.0 47.9 44.9 42.4 43.0 41.4 41.5 41.2 19.781 <0.001 3.917 0.014 3.484 0.005
±sd 11.82 9.56 8.21 10.90 10.87 9.80 9.20 5.00 4.84 5.78 6.43 5.53
PMR (n=20) Mean 54.9 47.6 50.8 48.0 47.5 48.4 42.7 42.2 41.7 40.7 40.8 41.4 24.747 <0.001 3.994 0.009 3.648 0.016
±sd 8.35 10.09 9.51 9.05 9.11 10.79 6.97 8.88 9.02 7.51 6.63 7.75
RB (n=19) Mean 54.9 49.8 52.7 50.4 50.0 52.2 47.4 43.1 45.4 44.8 44.3 47.4 28.552 <0.001 1.473 0.206 0.706 0.620
±sd 11.14 11.84 10.87 11.53 10.97 12.45 10.60 10.36 10.39 11.32 11.02 13.20
C RM (n=19) Mean 52.6 50.4 52.6 48.9 48.8 49.4 45.9 47.4 47.7 46.9 48.0 46.7 13.194 0.002 1.361 0.246 3.183 0.032
±sd 9.13 7.32 8.57 6.71 5.90 6.43 6.71 5.71 6.32 4.61 6.24 6.51
EHS (n=20) Mean 52.1 50.7 49.2 51.2 51.2 50.8 47.1 47.4 46.4 46.1 46.1 45.5 15.852 0.001 0.510 0.666 1.333 0.271
±sd 7.80 10.39 8.73 10.03 10.03 12.00 8.98 8.95 5.28 5.36 5.36 5.94
AFB (n=20) Mean 59.3 54.1 52.9 53.3 53.9 52.6 48.0 49.1 48.7 47.9 48.0 47.3 24.418 <0.001 1.159 0.335 5.233 0.001
±sd 11.27 10.58 9.69 9.49 10.64 9.57 7.35 7.90 8.05 7.90 4.77 5.32
PMR (n=20) Mean 55.1 53.6 55.2 52.4 51.8 53.7 47.4 46.7 48.8 46.9 47.6 48.8 9.045 <0.001 1.149 0.339 0.918 0.442
±sd 13.31 12.98 13.86 11.66 10.43 12.31 8.00 8.34 9.63 7.49 7.62 9.48
RB (n=19) Mean 55.1 53.6 55.2 52.4 51.8 53.7 47.4 46.7 48.8 46.9 47.6 48.8 11.021 0.004 0.885 0.495 0.586 0.628
±sd 13.31 12.98 13.86 11.66 10.43 12.31 8.00 8.34 9.63 7.49 7.62 9.48

TA: Tension-Anxiety, DD: Depression-Dejection, AH: Anger-Hostility, V: Vigor, F: Fatigue, C: Confusion, POMS-SF: Short Form of the Profile of Mood States, RM: Relax Music, EHS: Electric Heat Stimuli, AFB: Aroma Foot Bathing, PMR: Progressive Muscle Pelaxation, RB: Resting on Bed