groups

NRS score

SDS scores

SAS score

Day 0

Day 7

Day 14

Day 0

Day 7

Day 14

Day 0

Day 7

Day 14

Control group (N = 30)

3.83

±

1.02

3.40

±

0.85

3.00

±

0.52

58.33

±

5.37

56.63

±

5.07

54.03

±

4.71

58.53

±

5.50

57.50

±

5.52

55.90

±

5.42

Experimental group (N = 30)

4.17

±

1.26

3.37

±

0.96

2.50

±

0.73

59.47

±

4.96

54.50

±

4.54

50.10

±

3.74

59.73

±

4.78

56.07

±

4.75

52.00

±

4.39

χ2

0.15

0.213

0.150

0.608

0.325

0.601

0.516

0.103

0.221

t-value

−1.306

0.162

3.525

−0.894

1.899

3.764

−0.962

1.287

3.477

P-value

0.202

0.873

0.001

0.379

0.067

0.001

0.344

0.208

0.002