Table 3.
Band power comparison of before and after application use measured by quantified electroencephalogram.
| ASMR group (n = 38) | BB group (n = 38) | Group X Time P |
Time P |
Group P |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | p | Pre | Post | p | |||||
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||||||
| Absolute | Delta | 15.88 ± 7.77 | 16.64 ± 12.12 | 0.705 | 16.68 ± 13.97 | 17.61 ± 13.44 | 0.683 | 0.956 | 0.576 | 0.705 |
| Theta | 11.27 ± 7.51 | 11.67 ± 8.03 | 0.675 | 11.45 ± 7.38 | 12.79 ± 9.93 | 0.279 | 0.544 | 0.263 | 0.709 | |
| Alpha | 17.29 ± 20.23 | 26.09 ± 25.92 | 0.006 | 28.98 ± 32.87 | 30.01 ± 27.44 | 0.852 | 0.220 | 0.122 | 0.148 | |
| Beta | 9.50 ± 4.49 | 13.17 ± 7.51 | 0.002 | 12.08 ± 7.87 | 12.25 ± 5.89 | 0.868 | 0.026 | 0.015 | 0.525 | |
| High beta | 1.43 ± 0.56 | 1.63 ± 0.70 | 0.034 | 1.62 ± 1.15 | 1.46 ± 0.74 | 0.292 | 0.040 | 0.769 | 0.965 | |
| Relative | Delta | 29.81 ± 9.80 | 24.56 ± 10.56 | 0.004 | 25.71 ± 10.36 | 23.15 ± 9.30 | 0.239 | 0.329 | 0.006 | 0.139 |
| Theta | 20.29 ± 6.30 | 17.09 ± 7.07 | 0.007 | 17.07 ± 6.82 | 16.69 ± 6.90 | 0.753 | 0.087 | 0.031 | 0.176 | |
| Alpha | 20.99 ± 12.25 | 26.91 ± 14.43 | 0.003 | 27.68 ± 14.61 | 31.90 ± 13.52 | 0.163 | 0.630 | 0.005 | 0.029 | |
| Beta | 18.73 ± 6.82 | 20.93 ± 7.93 | 0.045 | 18.24 ± 6.73 | 18.35 ± 7.40 | 0.866 | 0.098 | 0.067 | 0.322 | |
| High beta | 3.02 ± 1.08 | 2.93 ± 1.45 | 0.616 | 2.75 ± 1.29 | 2.45 ± 1.35 | 0.026 | 0.349 | 0.082 | 0.184 | |
Significant values are in bold.
Paired t-test was performed to examine within-group differences. Cohen’s d was calculated to estimate the effect size. Repeated measures analysis of variance (RM ANOVA) was used to examine group-by-time interaction. ASMR: Autonomous sensory meridian response, BB: Binaural beat.