Effect on Satisfactory Seizure Control and Heart Rate Variability of Thread-Embedding Acupuncture for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Patient-Assessor Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Satisfactory seizure control rate.

Stage	Satisfactory seizure control (no. of participants (%))			Seizure freedom (no. of participants (%))
	TEA ()	STEA ()	value^a	TEA ()	STEA ()	value^a
T1-T0	0	0	—	0	0	—
T2-T0	1 (3.70%)	0	0.5	0	0	—
T3-T0	4 (14.81%)	0	0.055	1 (3.70%)	0	0.5
T4-T0	10 (37.04%)	1 (3.70%)	0.003	2 (7.41%)	0	0.245

Note: TEA: thread-embedding acupuncture; STEA: sham thread-embedding acupuncture; T0: baseline; T1-T3: intervention; T4: follow-up. ^aFisher’s exact test for comparison of rate between the TEA and sham TEA groups. Satisfactory seizure control including seizure freedom.