Table 3.

Mean Differences Between Oncological Patients (ON, n = 23) and healthy controls (HC, n = 13) as a Function of Time (Footbath Condition Grouped Together).

		HC	ON	Diff	CI	ES
Warmth perception (as assessed by the Herdecke warmth perception questionnaire) [0 = cold;4 = hot]
Feet	t0	1.84 ± 1.15	1.30 ± 0.87	0.54	(0.12;0.96)	0.55
	t1	3.18 ± 0.79	3.16 ± 0.59	0.02	(−0.27;0.31)	0.03
	t2	2.62 ± 0.92	2.65 ± 0.83	−0.03	(−0.38;0.33)	0.03
Face	t0	2.54 ± 0.65	2.46 ± 0.54	0.08	(−0.16;0.33)	0.14
	t1	2.57 ± 0.61	2.65 ± 0.59	−0.08	(−0.32;0.16)	0.14
	t2	2.48 ± 0.72	2.67 ± 0.56	−0.18	(−0.45;0.08)	0.29
Hands	t0	2.36 ± 0.96	2.24 ± 0.92	0.12	(−0.25;0.50)	0.13
	t1	2.51 ± 0.96	2.66 ± 0.73	−0.15	(−0.51;0.20)	0.19
	t2	2.45 ± 0.93	2.61 ± 0.78	−0.16	(−0.51;0.19)	0.19
Overall warmth	t0	2.31 ± 0.91	2.12 ± 0.75	0.19	(−0.15;0.53)	0.23
	t1	2.77 ± 0.54	2.75 ± 0.54	0.02	(−0.20;0.23)	0.03
	t2	2.69 ± 0.70	2.68 ± 0.62	0.01	(−0.25;0.28)	0.02
Skin temperature (as assessed with a high-resolution IR camera in °C)
Feet	t0	31.43 ± 3.12	30.25 ± 2.58	1.18	(0.003;2.35)	0.42
	t1	34.03 ± 0.60	33.76 ± 0.62	0.28	(0.03;0.52)	0.45
	t2	32.46 ± 1.80	31.87 ± 1.62	0.58	(−0.11;1.28)	0.35
Face	t0	34.70 ± 0.97	34.25 ± 1.12	0.46	(0.05;0.87)	0.43
	t1	34.73 ± 0.75	34.09 ± 1.05	0.65	(0.30;0.99)	0.68
	t2	34.84 ± 0.83	34.10 ± 1.06	0.74	(0.38;1.11)	0.75
Hands	t0	33.62 ± 2.24	32.69 ± 3.03	0.93	(−0.09;1.95)	0.33
	t1	33.49 ± 1.87	32.72 ± 2.74	0.77	(−0.11;1.66)	0.31
	t2	33.36 ± 2.15	32.57 ± 2.85	0.78	(−0.18;1.75)	0.30

Note. Data are M ± SD (Diff = mean difference, CI = 95% confidence intervals, ES = Cohen’s d effect size, t0 = baseline, t1 = post immersion, t2 = follow-up). Bold indicates CI that do not contain zero.