| Intervention | Control | p | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | S.D. | n | Mean | S.D. | |||
| [STAI] | ||||||||
| State anxiety | baseline | 25 | 44.4 | 7.6 | 23 | 44.1 | 9.0 | |
| 2w | 20 | 38.9 | 7.5 | 16 | 49.6 | 11.3 | * | |
| 4w | 16 | 42.3 | 9.8 | 16 | 48.7 | 11.3 | ||
| [POMS] | ||||||||
| Tension-Anxiety | baseline | 26 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 23 | 9.9 | 4.9 | |
| 2w | 20 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 16 | 8.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 4w | 16 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 16 | 7.3 | 5.3 | ||
| Depression-Dejection | baseline | 26 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 23 | 5.4 | 4.6 | |
| 2w | 20 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 16 | 7.2 | 5.2 | * | |
| 4w | 16 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 16 | 6.6 | 5.2 | ||
| Anger-Hostility | baseline | 26 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 23 | 5.1 | 4.6 | |
| 2w | 20 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 16 | 5.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 4w | 16 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 16 | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| Vigor | baseline | 26 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 23 | 7.3 | 4.1 | |
| 2w | 20 | 8.7 | 3.3 | 16 | 6.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 4w | 16 | 9.1 | 3.7 | 16 | 7.6 | 4.7 | ||
| Fatigue | baseline | 26 | 10.6 | 4.7 | 23 | 12.0 | 5.4 | |
| 2w | 20 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 16 | 10.3 | 4.3 | * | |
| 4w | 16 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 16 | 9.3 | 4.7 | ||
| Confusion | baseline | 26 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 23 | 9.4 | 4.1 | |
| 2w | 20 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 16 | 9.8 | 3.3 | * | |
| 4w | 16 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 15 | 8.7 | 3.7 | ||
| [Physical fatigue] | baseline | 26 | 65.8 | 21.6 | 23 | 61.4 | 18.9 | |
| 2w | 20 | 40.7 | 25.8 | 16 | 57.2 | 20.9 | ||
| 4w | 16 | 49.9 | 30.1 | 16 | 49.1 | 26.5 | ||
| [Mental fatigue] | baseline | 26 | 60.9 | 22.6 | 23 | 65.7 | 20.8 | |
| 2w | 20 | 34.3 | 22.4 | 16 | 60.6 | 21.8 | * | |
| 4w | 16 | 41.4 | 29.7 | 16 | 59.6 | 20.4 | ||
| t-test with Bonferroni correction | p<0.016 | |||||||