. 2021 Jul 8;2021:6611942. doi: 10.1155/2021/6611942

Table 2.

Generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7) scores before and after intervention by intervention time.

Intervention time (days)		Group A APP^∗ N, mean (SD)	Group B No-APP N, mean (SD)	Z	P
At the beginning of the disease (n ≤ 7)	Day 0	14, 12.6 (3.9)	3, 15.0 (4.6)	−0.950	0.342
At the beginning of the disease (n ≤ 7)	Day of discharge	5, 0.2 (0.4)	3, 4.7 (2.3)	−2.399	0.016

After a week when they are diagnosed (7 ≤ n ≤ 14)	Day 0	13, 15.4 (2.8)	2, 17.0 (2.8)	−0.688	0.491
After a week when they are diagnosed (7 ≤ n ≤ 14)	Day of discharge	10, 0.3 (0.7)	2, 4.5 (2.1)	−2.556	0.011

The disease lasted over 14 days	Day 0	36, 11.4 (4.4)	13, 13.5 (4.1)	−1.187	0.235
The disease lasted over 14 days	Discharge	23, 0.6 (0.7)	13, 4.7 (3.2)	−4.355	<0.001

Total	Day 0	63, 12.5 (4.3)	18, 14.1 (4.0)	−1.229	0.219
Total	Discharge	38, 0.5 (0.7)	18, 4.7 (2.9)	−5.691	<0.001

^∗APP: auricular point pressure.