The Beneficial Role of Auricular Point Pressure in Insomnia and Anxiety in Isolated COVID-19 Patients

Table 3

St. Mary’s Hospital Sleep Questionnaire (SMH) scores before and after intervention.

Intervention period (days)		APP group; N, mean (SD)	Control group; N, mean (SD)	Z
Treatment starting at the beginning of the disease and isolation period (days of treatment ≤ 7)	Day 0	15, 16.2 (7.2)	3, 16.7 (2.5)	−0.420	0.738
	Discharge	14, 23.1 (7.4)	3, 19.0 (1.0)	−2.278	0.023
Treatment starting one week after the diagnosis and isolation (days of treatment > 7 ≤ 14)	Day 0	13, 16.4 (2.9)	2, 19.5 (0.7)	−1.720	0.085
	Discharge	13, 25.8 (5.2)	2, 17.5 (3.5)	−1.877	0.061
Disease and treatment lasting >14 days	Day 0	38, 17.5 (3.8)	13, 17.2 (2.5)	−0.544	0.587
	Discharge	37, 25.1 (6.1)	13, 21.6 (5.1)	−2.198	0.028
Total	Day 0	66, 17.0 (4.6)	18, 17.4 (2.4)	−0.071	0.943
	Discharge	64, 24.8 (6.2)	18, 20.7 (4.6)	−3.313	0.001

APP: auricular point pressure.