Effect of Acupressure on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 2

Comparison of clinical symptoms, total testosterone, and HRQOL of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome between study groups.

Variables		Time	Mean ± dtandarddeviation		MeanDifference	Independentt-test
			Intervention	Control		t	Sig. (2-tailed)
Clinical symptoms	Acne	Before	7.3 ± 2.9	6.7 ± 2.1	0.563	1.10	0.28
		After	5.3 ± 1.9	6.4 ± 2.1	−1.083	−2.64	0.01
	Hirsutism	Before	8.3 ± 3.1	8.1 ± 1.9	0.229	0.44	0.66
		After	5.8 ± 1.5	7.6 ± 2.4	−1.854	−4.50	0.001
	Alopecia	Before	1.7 ± 0.7	1.6 ± 0.7	0.125	0.92	0.36
		After	1.3 ± 0.5	1.6 ± 0.7	−0.313	−2.58	0.01
Total testosterone (Ng/DL)		Before	4.3 ± 1.1	4.1 ± 0.8	0.250	1.28	0.20
		After	2.7 ± 0.6	3.8 ± 1.2	−1.104	−5.72	0.001
HRQOL scores		Before	107.5 ± 5.8	107.1 ± 5.6	0.396	0.34	0.74
		After	120.6 ± 5.5	108.3 ± 4.4	12.292	12.16	0.001
Domains of HRQOL	Emotionaldisturbance	Before	24.3 ± 3.4	25.2 ± 2.8	−0.813	−1.29	0.20
		After	26.3 ± 2.2	24.3 ± 2.8	2.000	3.91	0.001
	Weight	Before	21.5 ± 2.2	21.3 ± 2.1	0.188	0.44	0.66
		After	22.7 ± 2.3	21.1 ± 2.1	1.542	3.46	0.001
	Infertility	Before	10.4 ± 1.4	10.2 ± 1.7	0.250	0.78	0.44
		After	12.2 ± 1.8	10.8 ± 1.7	1.417	4.04	0.001
	Menstrualdisturbance	Before	18.2 ± 2.1	17.5 ± 2.8	0.771	1.56	0.12
		After	21.4 ± 3.3	18.2 ± 2.5	3.250	5.51	0.001
	Hirsutism	Before	18.5 ± 2.6	18.5 ± 3.3	−0.042	−0.07	0.95
		After	21.6 ± 2.7	19.3 ± 3.1	2.313	3.93	0.001
	Acne	Before	14.5 ± 2.1	14.5 ± 2.2	0.042	0.10	0.93
		After	16.4 ± 2.3	14.7 ± 2.1	1.729	3.82	0.001

Based on independent t-test., M ± SD = mean ± standard deviation.