Table 2.

The difference in the vital signs before and after study interventions

Characteristics		Reflexotherapy	Massage therapy	Control group	P
Systolic blood pressure	Before intervention	144.40 ± 27.60	140.80 ± 16.00	132.60 ± 16.70	0.129
	After intervention	139.60 ± 26.40	137.80 ± 15.20	132.60 ± 16.40	0.443
	Difference	4.80 ± 3.67	3.00 ± 3.22	0.00 ± 1.44	< 0.001
	P	< 0.001	< 0.001	> 0.999
Diastolic blood pressure	Before intervention	86.60 ± 13.50	76.40 ± 12.10	77.80 ± 8.20	0.005
	After intervention	82.40 ± 13.00	75.40 ± 11.30	76.60 ± 8.38	0.064
	Difference	4.20 ± 5.89	1.00 ± 2.88	1.20 ± 3.61	0.017
	P	0.002	0.096	0.110
Temperature	Before intervention	36.90 ± 0.27	36.90 ± 0.22	37.00 ± 0.14	0.068
	After intervention	36.80 ± 0.26	36.80 ± 0.22	37.00 ± 0.15	0.008
	Difference	0.70 ± 0.13	0.06 ± 0.11	0.02 ± 0.21	0.543
	P	0.009	0.016	0.574
Respiratory rate	Before intervention	20.80 ± 2.10	20.10 ± 1.90	18.20 ± 0.80	0.608
	After intervention	18.60 ± 1.40	18.50 ± 1.30	18.20 ± 0.80	< 0.001
	Difference	-2.30 ± 1.30	-1.60 ± 1.10	-0.04 ± 0.90	< 0.001
	P	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.824
Heart rate	Before intervention	82.40 ± 4.70	79.80 ± 4.40	78.20 ± 5.50	0.013
	After intervention	76.20 ± 4.80	75.00 ± 4.30	77.80 ± 5.50	0.163
	Difference	6.30 ± 2.56	4.76 ± 2.79	0.40 ± 2.50	< 0.001
	P	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.438
Stress	Before intervention	60.60 ± 7.20	51.40 ± 6.80	47.80 ± 9.60	< 0.001
	After intervention	34.70 ± 4.70	39.70 ± 4.80	46.50 ± 9.20	< 0.001
	Difference	25.90 ± 5.94	11.70 ± 5.00	1.40 ± 1.80	< 0.001
	P	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.438

P-values of 0.05 or less were considered statistically significant;