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Table 5 ACUSAR trial: treatment in the acupuncture group

From: A randomised multicentre trial of acupuncture in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis – trial intervention including physician and treatment characteristics

 

All sessions

Session 1

Session 6

Session 12

 

n = 2.455

n = 210

n = 205

n = 201

 

n (%)/mean±sd

n (%)/mean±sd

n (%)/mean±sd

n (%)/mean ±sd

Number of needles/session

15.7±2.5

15.7±2.5

15.8±2.5

15.7±2.7

Duration of session (min)

24.4±4.4

24.3±4.5

24.5±4.6

24.6±4.7

Length of needles used*

    

≤ 20 mm

1.784 (72.7)

156 (72.9)

151 (73.7)

147 (73.1)

21 to 30 mm

2.053 (83.6)

171 (81.4)

173 (84.4)

162 (81.0)

31 to 40 mm

846 (34.5)

70 (33.3)

70 (34.2)

75 (37.5)

≥ 40 mm

103 (4.2)

10 (4.8)

9 (4.4)

10 (5.0)

Manual stimulation

    

- None

259 (10.5)

16 (7.6)

25 (12.2)

32 (16.0)

- Once

1.966 (80.1)

172 (81.9)

162 (79.0)

152 (76.0)

- More than once

230 (9.4)

22 (10.5)

18 (8.8)

16 (8.0)

De qi

    

- Easy to elicit

2.276 (92.9)

186 (88.6)

191 (93.2)

189 (94.5)

- Difficult to elicit

169 (6.9)

23 (11.0)

14 (6.9)

10 (5.0)

- Could not be elicited

10 (0.4)

1 (0.5)

0

1 (0.5)

Basic points (obligatory and optional) Needles/session

12.3±1.9

12.3±1.9

12.3±1.9

12.3±1.9

Basic obligatory points

    

- L.I.4 (right & left)

2.455 (100)

210 (100)

205 (100)

200 (100)

- L.I.11(right & left)

2.455 (100)

210 (100)

205 (100)

200 (100)

- L.I.20 (right & left)

2.412 (98.2)

206 (98.1)

201 (98.1)

198 (98.5)

- Ex-HN3 (Yintang)

2.432 (99.1)

208 (99.1)

203 (99.0)

199 (99.0)

- 7 Points used

2.378 (96.9)

205 (97.6)

198 (96.6)

194 (97.0)

Basic optional points

    

- GB20 (right & left)

1.567 (63.8)

131 (62.4)

131 (63.9)

129 (64.5)

- LIV3 (right & left)

1.253 (51.0)

138 (65.7)

136 (66.3)

133 (66.2)

- LU7 (right & left)

1.201 (48.9)

101 (48.1)

101 (49.3)

98 (49.0)

- ST36 (right & left)

1.478 (60.2)

126 (60.0)

123 (60.0)

121 (60.5)

- SP6 (right & left)

1.028 (41.9)

90 (42.9)

86 (42.0)

63 (41.5)

- SJ17 (right & left)

48 (2.0)

4 (1.9)

4 (2.0)

4 (2.0)

- BL13 (right & left)

204 (8.3)

17 (8.1)

17 (8.3)

17 (8.5)

- Ex-HN8 (right & left)

474 (19.3)

40 (19.1)

40 (19.5)

40 (19.4)

- Points used >=3

2.343 (95.4)

199 (94.8)

196 (95.6)

191 (95.5)

Additional optional points Needles/session

3.5 ± 1.9

3.5 ± 1.9

3.5 ± 1.9

3.5 ± 1.9

- Local (sessions)

1.550 (63.1)

131 (62.4)

129 (62.9)

128 (63.7)

- Distant (sessions)

1.991 (81.1)

169 (80.5)

167 (81.5)

162 (81.0)

- Points used>=2

2.292 (94.5)

198 (94.3)

194 (94.6)

190 (94.5)

Additional ear acupuncture

967 (39.4)

82 (39.1)

81 (39.5)

78 (39.0)

  1. *More than one answer possible.