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Table 2 Comparison of patient numbers for changes in clinical course (n = 126)

From: Effect of relaxation therapy on benzodiazepine use in patients with medically unexplained symptoms

  Matched-pair  
Control (n = 84) Relaxation (n = 42) P value
Benzodiazepine usage
 decreased (%) 8 (9.5) 13 (31.0) < 0.01
 increased (%) 14 (16.7) 2 (4.8) 0.08
Improved subjective symptoms with MUSa(%) 12 (14.3) 20 (47.6) < 0.01
  1. aMUS, medically unexplained symptoms
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