Table 7 Quality of life, as evaluated by the NHP questionnaire for the study groups.
NHP | Taping group | Control group | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | x | SD | Min | Max | p | N | x | SD | Min | Max | p | ||
“Yes” response | Before therapy | 30 | 12.30 | 6.97 | 2.00 | 30.00 | 0.001 | 30 | 13.37 | 7.65 | 3.00 | 31.00 | 0.002 |
After therapy | 30 | 7.60 | 8.07 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 30 | 9.10 | 7.13 | 0.00 | 29.00 | |||
Comparison between the groups | p = 0.318 | ||||||||||||
“No” response | Before therapy | 30 | 32.57 | 7.23 | 15.00 | 43.00 | 0.001 | 30 | 31.73 | 7.84 | 14.00 | 42.00 | 0.002 |
After therapy | 30 | 36.50 | 9.81 | 7.00 | 45.00 | 30 | 35.93 | 7.16 | 16.00 | 45.00 | |||
Comparison between the groups | p = 0.297 | ||||||||||||
