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Table 3 One-way ANOVAs exploring group differences in blood pressure and anxiety

From: The effect of foot massage on long-term care staff working with older people with dementia: a pilot, parallel group, randomized controlled trial

Dependent variable

Mean change scores (σ)

Effect of group

 

Foot massage

Silent resting

Overall

F-Value

Significance (p=)

Partial eta squared (η2)

Systolic Blood Pressure

−5.10

−5.88

−5.51

0.29

0.60

0.02

 

(3.34)

(2.97)

(3.09)

   

Diastolic Blood Pressure

−5.06

−2.25

−3.58

4.79

0.04*

0.22

 

(2.46)

(3.05)

(3.07)

   

Faces Anxiety Scale

−0.72

−0.30

−0.50

7.31

0.02*

0.30

 

(0.42)

(0.24)

(0.40)

   
  1. Notes. Total n=19; Foot massage n=9; Silent resting n=10; *p<0.05; σ = Standard Deviation; Change scores were calculated for blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) and anxiety for each of the 12 ft massage or silent resting sessions (i.e., post- minus pre-intervention). An overall mean change score was then calculated for the foot massage and silent resting groups for each measure (i.e., sum of change scores divided by 12).
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