The Acceptability, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of Breast Massage Combined with Acupoint Stimulation to Promote the Volume of Human Milk in Mothers with Preterm Infants: A Pilot Study

Table 3

Frequency, duration, and total days of human milk expression.

Variable; Mean ± SD (min-max)	Experimental group (n = 16)	Control group (n = 17)
Frequency of expression, times per day	6.74 ± 0.77 (5.00–9.00)	6.95 ± 0.90 (5.00–9.00)	0.482^a
Duration of expression, minutes per day	161.04 ± 17.56 (134.50–178.90)	170.96 ± 16.35 (144.50–189.90)	0.762^a
The total days of expression, days	43.75 ± 11.50 (28.00–62.00)	42.65 ± 8.86 (29.00–64.00)	0.761^a

^aT test.