Table 3. Mean difference in patients' vomiting score in intervention and control groups before and after chemotherapy .
Vomiting level |
Control
Mean (SD) |
Music plus massage
Mean (SD) |
P-value a |
Before chemotherapy | 1.03 (0.32) | 0.73 (0.34) | 0.91 |
After chemotherapy | 3.13 (0.56) | 0.93 (0.33) | 0.004 |
P-valueb | 0.002 | 0.64 |
aThe difference in vomiting score between two group was compared with t –test and reported by using mean(M) and standard deviation(SD), ƅpaired t-test was used to compare the vomiting score before and after chemotherapy and reported by using mean(M) and standard deviation(SD)