A pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of Islamic spiritual intervention and of breathing technique with heart rate variability feedback on anxiety, depression and psycho-physiologic coherence in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery

Table 5 Result of Bonferroni comparison test

Dependent variable	(I)Group	(J)Group	Mean difference (I − J)	Std. error	P value	95% confidence interval
Dependent variable	(I)Group	(J)Group	Mean difference (I − J)	Std. error	P value	Lower bound	Upper bound
Coherence	Religious	Breathing	− 0.111	0.155	0.349	− 0.494	0.171
	Religious	Control	0.465^a	0.155	0.002	0.111	0.88
	Control	Breathing	0.576^a	0.155	0.000	0.18	0.95
Depression	Religious	Breathing	− 0.042	2.1	0.9	− 5.8	4.6
	Religious	Control	8.36^a	2.1	0.005	3.1	13.5
	Control	Breathing	8.318^a	2.1	0.002	3	13.3
Anxiety	Religious	Breathing	− 1.89	1.6	0.375	− 4.46	0.77
	Religious	Control	4.21^a	1.6	0.153	1.76	8.26
	Control	Breathing	6.10^a	1.6	0.002	2.14	10.06

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