Research Article

A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of Combining Therapy with Traditional Chinese Medicine-Based Psychotherapy and Chinese Herbal Medicine for Menopausal Women with Moderate to Serious Mood Disorder

Table 7

Greene, SDS, and SAS score for moderate mood disorder and serious mood disorder, respectively.

Outcome variable (week)Moderate mood disorder (before and after treatment between groups)Serious mood disorder (before and after treatment between groups)
Comparison Comparison of mean difference Comparison Comparison of mean difference
BSSG (n=34)BSSG-P (n=30)tPBSSG (n=34)BSSG-P (n=30) tPBSSG (n=5)BSSG-P (n=9) tPBSSG (n=5)BSSG-P (n=9)tP

Greene,0 w31.25±1.0632.78±6.520.890.3839.20±3.02 35.00±1.93 1.230.25
4 w25.04±1.2021.43±1.491.890.07 6.21±1.45 11.35±1.99 1.630.10 26.60±1.44 23.43±1.72 1.330.2112.60±2.6811.57±1.720.340.74
8 w22.79±1.4816.74±0.253.12<0.01 8.45±1.332 16.04±9.15 3.29<0.01 27.40±1.89 23.43±2.87 1.050.3211.80±2.5811.57±2.760.060.96
12 w24.79±1.2319.17±1.193.27<0.01 6.46±1.22 13.61±1.88 3.22<0.01 27.20±2.04 26.00±2.14 0.390.7012.00±4.519.00±0.950.770.46
SDS,0 w49.88±1.0849.91±0.910.030.98 60.00±1.45 60.71±2.18 0.250.81
4 w42.21±1.2540.17±1.261.150.26 7.67±0.10 9.74±1.39 1.220.23 46.20±1.59 46.43±1.95 0.090.9313.80±2.3114.29±1.410.190.85
8 w41.67±1.4235.09±0.843.950.00 8.21±1.17 14.83±1.75 3.58<0.01 44.20±1.02 45.00±2.14 0.300.7715.80±4.8715.71±2.420.030.89
12 w42.75±1.3435.87±0.894.260.00 7.12±1.21 14.04±1.51 3.59<0.01 47.20±2.25 46.86±1.50 0.130.9012.80±3.5013.80±2.180.270.79
SAS,0 w50.92±1.0251.04±1.080.090.93 54.20±4.31 53.43±2.99 0.150.88
4 w39.88±1.0538.61±1.500.700.49 11.04±1.07 12.44±1.46 0.770.44 43.40±3.27 39.71±1.69 1.090.3010.80±3.1013.71±2.210.790.45
8 w39.42±1.2635.61±1.342.070.04 11.50±1.27 15.44±1.61 1.930.06 41.40±1.50 39.14±1.22 1.170.2712.80±3.1514.28±2.860.340.74
12 w41.17±1.1436.39±1.212.880.01 9.75±1.28 14.65±1.45 2.530.0242.20±3.23 42.43±1.020.080.9412.00±2.3911.00±2.660.270.80

Data were expressed as mean. “Comparison” refers to comparison of each time point and 0 week between groups. “Comparison of mean difference” means a comparison of differences between each time point and 0 week between groups