Tables 2.

Frequency, severity and duration of hot flashes, and the frequency and severity of night sweats in two groups receiving face-to-face and phone counseling

Variable	Face-to-face counseling group n = 18	Phone counseling group n = 18	p-value independent t-test	p-value using repeated measure ANCOVA
	Mean ± SD
Frequency of flashes
Before intervention	31.92 ± 7.98	33.32 ± 7.77	0.591	0.662
After intervention	18.83 ± 7.35	19.53 ± 7.7	0.791
Follow up*	19.32 ± 7.21	20.09 ± 7.84	0.762
Severity of hot flashes
Before intervention	2.24 ± 0.28	2.23 ± 0.24	0.941	0.859
After intervention	1.21 ± 0.23	1 20± 0.18	0.809
Follow up*	1.23 ± 0.25	1.22 ± 0.22	0.853
Duration of hot flashes
Before intervention	4.22 ± 1.17	4.29 ± 1.23	0.858	0.815
After intervention	2.79 ± 0.91	2.68 ± 0.95	0.736
Follow up*	2.93 ± 0.84	2.77 ±0,89	0.583
Severity of night sweats
Before intervention	2.34 ± 0.31	2.33 ± 0.31	0.937	0 579
After intervention	1.21 ± 0.24	1.14 ±0.16	0.316
Follow up*	1.24 ± 0.28	1.18 ± 0.21	0.520
Number of night sweats
Before intervention	1.7 ± 0.34	1.59 ± 0.34	0.346	0.574
After intervention	1.03 ± 0.29	1.01 ± 0.30	0.851
Follow up*	1.2 ± 0.28	1.0 ± 0.28	0.826

^*8 weeks after completion of intervention