Effect of Auricular Acupressure on Peri- and Early Postmenopausal Women with Anxiety: A Double-Blinded, Randomized, and Controlled Pilot Study

Table 4

Effect of auricular acupressure on peri-menopausal and early postmenopausal women with anxiety.

	AG (𝑛=25)		SG (𝑛=19)
	Baseline	4 W	Baseline	4 W
HAMA	17.8 (6.2)^a	8.0 (5.5)^a,b	19.6 (5.5)	11.0 (6.3)^b
MRS	11.8 (5.9)^a	6.4 (5.8)^a,b	14.5 (6.1)	8.2 (4.9)^b
CGI-S	3.8 (0.7)^a	2.3 (0.9)^a,b	4.1 (0.7)	2.7 (1.0)^b
CGI-I	4.4 (0.5)^a	2.0 (0.9)^a,b	4.5 (0.5)	2.6 (1.1)^b
Alprazolam; (mg/day)	0.5 (0.4)^a	0.3 (0.3)^a,b	0.5 (0.6)	0.5 (0.6)^c
Zolpidem; (mg/day)	3.0 (4.0)^a	1.5 (3.1)^a,b	2.4 (2.6)	1.9 (3.4)^c

AG: auricular acupressure group; SG: sham group; Baseline: prior to auricular acupressure; 4 W: at 4 week after auricular acupressure; HAMA: Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; MRS: Menopause Rating Scale; CGI-S: Clinical Global Impression-Severity; CGI-I: Clinical Global Impression-Improvement; ^aNo significant difference between AG and SG groups (𝑃>.05). ^bSignificant difference between baseline and 4 W (𝑃≤.05). ^cNo significant difference between baseline and 4 W (𝑃>.05).