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Table 6 ACUSAR trial: treatment in the sham 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 = 1.145

n = 97

n = 96

n = 93

 

n (%)/mean±sd

n (%)/mean±sd

n (%)/mean±sd

n (%)/mean±sd

Number of needles/session

10.0±1.6

10.0±1.6

10.0±1.5

9.9±1.5

Duration of sessions (minutes)

23.7±3.6

23.2±3.9

23.9±3.9

23.9±4.0

Length of needles used*

    

≤ 15 mm

675 (59.0)

47 (48.5)

57 (59.4)

57 (61.3)

15 to 21 mm

521 (45.5)

49 (50.5)

43 (44.8)

40 (43.0)

20 to 30 mm

11 (1.0)

3 (3.1)

1 (1.0)

1 (1.1)

Sham acupuncture points

    

- ‘Deltoideus’

1.130 (98.4)

97 (100.0)

94 (97.9)

91 (97.9)

- ‘Upper Arm’

1.079 (94.2)

93 (95.9)

90 (93.8)

87 (93.6)

- ‘Upper Thigh I’

1.037 (90.5)

87 (89.7)

87 (90.6)

84 (90.3)

- ‘Upper Thigh II’

1.011 (88.2)

89 (91.8)

84 (87.5)

81 (87.1)

- ‘Upper Thigh III’

1.019 (88.9)

88 (90.7)

85 (88.5)

82 (88.2)

- ‘Back I’

320 (27.9)

24 (24.7)

28 (29.2)

26 (28.0)

- ‘Back II’

186 (16.2)

12 (12.4)

17 (17.7)

15 (16.1)

  1. *More than one answer possible.