Table 1 Information extracted from utilized studies concerning recovery from fatigue
Acupuncture Studies (Treatment) | ||||||||
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Study ID | Patient Population | Instruments, Units | n 1 | base 2 | S base 3 | f-up 4 | f-up 5 | Cohen's D |
Vickers et al. | Breast cancer survivors | Brief Fatigue Inventory | 31 | 6.47 | 1.21 | 4.55 | 2.16 | 1.02 |
VickersSMLG | 31 | 6.47 | 1.21 | 4.97 | 2.16 | 0.80 | ||
Vickers90% | 31 | 6.47 | 1.21 | 5.21 | 2.16 | 0.62 | ||
A-W.AVG | 199 | 0.56 | ||||||
Hays et al. | Consecutive patients | SF-36 vitality/energy (reversed) | 54 | 57.00 | 9.60 | 52.00 | 8.90 | 0.54 |
Harris et al. | Patients with fibromyalgia | Multi-dimen'l fatigue inventory | 114 | 16.60 | 3.19 | 14.98 | 3.89 | 0.45 |
Wait-list Control Groups | ||||||||
Carpenter | Breast cancer survivors | Fatigue Scale from FACT | 16 | 5.82 | 5.00 | 3.99 | 5.00 | 0.37 |
Courneya | Breast cancer survivors | Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory | 28 | 10.80 | 8.80 | 8.80 | 8.10 | 0.24 |
Stanton | Breast cancer survivors | Linear analogue scale for fatigue | 136 | 44.00 | 19.90 | 40.16 | 18.40 | 0.20 |
C-W.AVG | 246 | 0.16 | ||||||
Pinto | Breast cancer survivors | POMS S. Form Fatigue Subscale | 43 | 41.66 | 25.04 | 42.28 | 26.20 | 0.02 |
Badger | Breast cancer survivors | SF 36 (reversed) | 24 | 37.63 | 25.50 | 37.15 | 28.20 | -0.02 |