Patient education integrated with acupuncture for relief of cancer-related fatigue randomized controlled feasibility study

Table 4 ANCOVA estimation of pre-specified primary, post-specified secondary, and ancillary outcomes

Outcome Variables	Treatment effect estimate	Standard error	P-value
Pre-specified primary outcome
Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI)	-02.38	01.35	0.0776
Secondary outcomes
Perceived cognitive impairments, QOL impact(FACT-COG)	-00.44	00.56	0.4286
Perceived cognitive impairments (FACT-COG)	-00.16	00.30	0.6024
Perceived cognitive abilities (FACT-COG)	-00.02	00.45	0.9609

ANCOVA is fit with Huber's M estimation, a robust regression methodology.⁴⁴ Rregression equations model score at follow-up as a function of an intercept, pre-treatment score and treatment (an indicator variable).

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