Table 4. Overall distribution score of Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A) and the overall distribution anxiety index of Zung Self-Assessment Scale (SAS) for measuring anxiety levels according to the participant request for visiting biofeedback center both before and after the completion of 10 biofeedback sessions.
Reason for Visiting Biofeedback Center | Number of patients N | HAM-A before biofeedback Average score ± SD | HAM-A after biofeedback Average score ± SD | P-Value | SAS before biofeedback Average anxiety index ± SD | SAS after biofeedback Average anxiety index ± SD | P-Value |
Anxiety-stress | 53 | 25.34±10.42 | 12.11±7.74 | <0.001 | 63.72±15.77 | 37.04±8.46 | <0.001 |
Emotion Management | 9 | 22.22±12.92 | 15.78 ± 10.69 | 0.008 | 59.33±16.97 | 40.11±12.52 | 0.001 |
Depression-Phobias | 19 | 32.63±11.11 | 15.21±8.22 | <0.001 | 75.05±16.40 | 42.37±9.04 | <0.001 |
Mood-Appetite | 2 | 23.00±18.38 | 14.00±1.41 | 0.636 | 68.00±28.28 | 37.50±2.12 | 0.391 |
Psychosis | 2 | 24.00±14.14 | 9.00±4.24 | 0.278 | 63.50±21.92 | 33.50±7.78 | 0.205 |