TABLE 3.
Outcome | Reflexology | Meditative practices | Control | p for the difference between reflexology and meditative practices | 95% CI | |||
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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.