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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2021 Jul 19;44(5):796–810. doi: 10.1002/nur.22169

TABLE 3.

Primary and secondary outcomes during weeks 1–12 for groups created by the first randomization: least square (LS) means and their standard errors (SEs), adjusted for baseline and balancing factors used in randomization

Outcome Reflexology Meditative practices Control p for the difference between reflexology and meditative practices 95% CI

LS Mean SE LS Mean SE LS Mean SE

Average severity of fatigue over weeks 1–4 4.17 0.17 4.08 0.18 4.32 0.26 .72 (−0.36, 0.52)
Average severity of fatigue over weeks 5–12 3.62 0.21 3.53 0.21 3.87 0.28 .73 (−0.42, 0.60)
Severity of fatigue at week 8 3.00 0.29 3.32 0.30 3.70 0.40 .43 (−1.12, 0.49)
Severity of fatigue at week 12 3.77 0.27 3.55 0.28 4.79 0.39 .57 (−0.51, 0.93)
Average summed severity index of other symptoms over weeks 1–4 29.99 1.27 29.32 1.30 32.52 1.87 .68 (−2.52, 3.86)
Average summed severity index of other symptoms over weeks 5–12 26.69 1.66 25.77 1.70 30.25 2.28 .66 (−3.19, 5.04)
Summed severity index of other symptoms at week 8 24.13 1.97 26.38 2.11 27.02 2.81 .42 (−7.72, 3.22)
Summed severity index of other symptoms at week 12 29.80 1.79 30.03 2.86 34.12 2.70 .77 (−5.59, 4.13)
PROMIS anxiety at week 12 52.64 0.84 51.96 0.89 52.96 1.24 .53 (−1.47, 2.83)
PROMIS depression at week 12 51.55 0.79 52.05 0.83 51.40 1.17 .64 (−2.50, 1.53)

Note. LS = least square; SE = standard error; CI = confidence interval; PROMIS = Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System.