Table 3.

Comparison of Mothers’ Moods Between the Intervention and Control Groups

Time/Group	Mean ± SD	Mann-Whitney U	P
Before massage
Intervention	152.42 ± 4.56	-0.211	P = .833
Control	153.76 ± 5.5	–	–
After massage
Intervention	118.92 ± 3.45	-2.87	P = .005
Control	141.73 ± 6.1	–	–

SD, standard deviation.