Psychophysical responses in patients receiving a mock laser within context of an acupuncture clinical trial: an interoceptive perspective

Table 2 Comparison of the frequency of individual De Qi characteristics between the two study groups

De Qi characteristics	Acupuncture		Mock Laser		Fisher’s Exact p
De Qi characteristics	Count	%	Count	%	Fisher’s Exact p
1.Soreness	87	92.5	32	43.9	.000^***
2.Aching	87	92.5	34	45.9	.000^***
3.Deep Pressure	81	86.0	30	40.6	.000^***
4.Heaviness	76	80.8	29	39.2	.000^***
5.Fullness/Distention	76	80.8	27	36.1	.000^***
6.Tingling	66	70.2	37	50.0	.004^**
7.Numbness	73	78.5	32	43.2	.000^***
8.Sharp Pain	57	60.7	33	44.6	.002^**
9.Dull Pain	57	60.6	26	36.2	.000^***
10.Warmth	32	34.0	14	19.2	.020^*
11.Cold	47	50.0	15	20.4	.000^***
12.Throbbing	27	35.5	8	11.0	.001^**

In all cases the expected frequencies were less than five in each cell and therefore Fisher Exact test was displayed, * p<0.05, **p <0.01, ***p <0.001

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