Reflexology Vs Acupressure Vs Therapeutic Massage
Since there are three forms of scales (STAI, VAS-A and SAS) for assessing anxiety, the SMD was used to estimate the mixed effect size. It is essential to note that though there are also two types of scales (VAS and NRS) for assessing ache, both are 11-point scales, with zero representing no ache and 10 representing severe ache, so we still used MD