Effects of Tongyangxiao lotion bidet therapy combined with Ziyu ointment on postpartum hemorrhoidal pain, oedema, anxiety, and depression

Table 1 Comparison of participants’ general information, n (%)

Group	Age (years)	Gestational weeks (weeks)	Neonatal gender		Newborn weight (kg)
			Female	Male
Control group (n = 134)	25.60 ± 3.39	39.98 ± 0.92	69 (51.49)	65 (48.51)	3.49 ± 0.17
Observation group (n = 134)	26.28 ± 3.08	39.96 ± 0.95	75 (55.97)	59 (44.03)	3.52 ± 0.23
t/χ2	1.715	0.196	0.540		1.298
P value	0.087	0.845	0.462		0.196

Table 2 Comparison of clinical efficacy between the two groups, n (%)

Group	n	Markedly effective	Effective	Invalid	Total effective rate
Control group	134	31 (23.13)	82 (61.19)	21 (15.67)	113 (84.33)
Observation group	134	91 (67.91)	36 (26.87)	7 (5.22)	127 (94.78)
χ2					7.817
P value					0.005

Table 3 Comparison of hemorrhoid diameter and edema in patients (mean ± SD)

Group	n	Diameter of hemorrhoids (cm)		Edema degree (points)
		Before treatment	Treatment for 14 days	Before treatment	Treatment for 14 days
Control group	134	1.70 ± 0.31	0.75 ± 0.22	3.05 ± 0.69	1.57 ± 0.50
Observation group	134	1.71 ± 0.31	0.46 ± 0.12	3.08 ± 0.81	1.37 ± 0.49
χ2		0.138	13.399	0.325	3.232
P value		0.890	< 0.001	0.746	0.001

Table 4 Comparison of compliance between the two groups, n (%)

Group	n	Full compliance	Partial compliance	Noncompliance	Total adherence rate
Control group	134	78 (58.21)	35 (26.12)	21 (15.67)	113 (84.33)
Observation group	134	94 (70.15)	34 (25.37)	6 (4.48)	128 (95.52)
χ2					9.267
P value					0.002

Table 5 Comparison of the Self-rating Anxiety Scale and Self-rating Depression Scale scores between the groups (mean ± SD)

Group	n	SAS			SDS
		Before treatment	Treatment for 7 days	Treatment for 14 days	Before treatment	Treatment for 7 days	Treatment for 14 days
Control group	134	39.42 ± 3.44	35.98 ± 2.07	30.38 ± 2.15	37.63 ± 3.72	33.96 ± 2.22	29.35 ± 2.87
Observation group	134	39.22 ± 3.51	33.54 ± 2.76	28.93 ± 3.29	37.40 ± 3.52	31.86 ± 2.46	27.64 ± 2.63
t		0.457	8.200	4.267	0.540	7.355	5.082
P value		0.648	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.590	< 0.001	< 0.001

SAS: Self-rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: Self-rating Depression Scale.

Table 6 Comparison of the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups, n (%)

Group	n	Itching	Redness and swelling	Skin damage	Abnormal pain	Overall incidence rate
Control group	134	3 (2.24)	4 (2.99)	1 (0.75)	2 (1.49)	10 (7.46)
Observation group	134	2 (1.49)	3 (2.24)	1 (0.75)	1 (0.75)	7 (5.22)
χ2						0.565
P value						0.452