Table 2.

Comparison of the two groups in different indicators before and after 6 weeks of treatment (x(−) ± s).

	The acupoint group	The Western medicine group	t	P
GerdQ-Day 0	14.77 ± 3.05	14.73 ± 2.05	0.050	0.961
GerdQ-6th week	3.03 ± 2.46	6.93 ± 2.08	−6.632∗∗∗	0.000
t	16.464∗∗∗	15.625∗∗∗
P	0.000	0.000
GERD-HRQL-Day 0	26.23 ± 5.75	25.80 ± 4.54	0.324	0.747
GERD-HRQL-6th week	8.57 ± 4.38	14.80 ± 4.65	−5.347∗∗∗	0.000
T	15.140∗∗∗	11.863∗∗∗
P	0.000	0.000
SAS-Day 0	63.00 ± 8.16	63.10 ± 6.25	−0.053	0.958
SAS-6th week	15.53 ± 3.78	38.50 ± 8.27	−13.831∗∗∗	0.000
T	27.366∗∗∗	12.606∗∗∗
P	0.000	0.000
SDS-Day 0	59.70 ± 6.08	59.53 ± 6.95	0.099	0.922
SDS-6th week	32.10 ± 5.9	38.17 ± 8.27	−3.270∗∗	0.002
T	21.549∗∗∗	9.754∗∗∗
P	0.000	0.000

^∗∗ P < 0.01; ^∗∗∗P < 0.001.