Adaptive Auricular Point Acupressure for Sleep Disturbance in Women with Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 3

Comparisons of the sleep parameters measured by Actiwatch between the two groups (mean (SD)).

Sleep parameters	Pretest		Post-test
	Control group (n = 34)	APA group (n = 34)	Control group (n = 34)	APA group (n = 34)	t/Z	P
TB (hh : mm : ss)	9 : 13 : 33 (1 : 15 : 47)	8 : 42 : 07 (2 : 00 : 43)	8 : 17 : 42 (1 : 17 : 24)	8 : 55 : 53 (1 : 24 : 30)	−2.000^c	0.045^∗
TST (hh : mm : ss)	7 : 28 : 52 (1 : 10 : 16)	6 : 47 : 30 (1 : 44 : 53)	6 : 31 : 59 (1 : 13 : 01)	7 : 39 : 15 (1 : 30 : 24)	−3.356^a	0.001^#
OL (min)	30.19 (25.48)	33.33 (25.57)	29.69 (21.12)	15.97 (13.66)	−3.130^c	0.002^#
SE (%)	81.25 (7.01)	78.14 (9.26)	78.81 (6.56)	85.39 (5.77)	−4.350^a	<0.001^#
WASO (min)	55.90 (30.20)	55.91 (26.66)	52.91 (22.56)	43.39 (19.30)	1.854^a	0.068
Awake (times)	46.14 (16.14)	41.95 (19.67)	41.87 (14.05)	38.36 (14.13)	1.020^a	0.311

Abbreviation: APA, auricular point acupressure; OL, onset latency; SE, sleep efficiency; TB, time in bed; TST, total sleep time; WASO, wake after sleep onset. ^aIndependent t-test was used. ^cMann–Whitney U test was used. .