Table 1.
Basic statistics and two-way ANOVA (group × time) results.
| Time | F-number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Group | Time | Interaction | ||
| Systolic blood pressure | DW | 114.57 (4.63) | 110.57 (4.06) | 1.46 | 39.87∗∗ | 15.41∗∗ |
| Lavender | 114.29 (3.74) | 97.14 (4.27) | ||||
| Diastolic blood pressure | DW | 67.67 (4.69) | 70.86 (5.27) | 0.37 | 2.21 | 5.83∗ |
| Lavender | 69.43 (3.82) | 63.43 (3.99) | ||||
| Pulse rate | DW | 73.71 (3.58) | 70.86 (2.72) | 0.00 | 8.52∗ | 2.63 |
| Lavender | 77.14 (3.67) | 67.14 (2.30) | ||||
| SDS | DW | 32.71 (2.19) | 33.71 (2.57) | 0.05 | 3.03 | 7.85∗ |
| Lavender | 34.57 (2.75) | 30.29 (2.54) | ||||
| STAI-S | DW | 39.00 (2.65) | 36.57 (2.85) | 0.50 | 13.9∗ | 3.16 |
| Lavender | 38.57 (3.55) | 31.71 (1.87) | ||||
| VAS-hunger | DW | 5.39 (1.21) | 6.03 (1.09) | 0.21 | 2.70 | 0.00 |
| Lavender | 6.07 (1.02) | 6.69 (1.00) | ||||
| VAS-thirst | DW | 4.04 (0.80) | 5.21 (0.79) | 0.07 | 3.41† | 0.74 |
| Lavender | 4.74 (1.09) | 5.17 (1.05) | ||||
| VAS-appetite | DW | 6.83 (0.93) | 6.86 (0.99) | 0.19 | 3.39† | 3.09 |
| Lavender | 5.66 (1.07) | 6.89 (0.92) | ||||
| Cortisol | DW | 15.51 (1.12) | 13.53 (1.54) | 0.15 | 10.57∗∗ | 0.02 |
| Lavender | 14.94 (0.96) | 12.77 (1.46) | ||||
† p < 0.10, ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01. DW = distilled water; SDS = Self-Rating Depression Scale; STAI = State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; VAS = Visual Analogue Scale.