Research Article
[Retracted] Effects of Electroacupuncture with Different Waveforms on Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 2
Primary and secondary outcomes.
| | Outcome | 4 Hz group | 20 Hz group | 4/20 Hz group |
| | Primary outcome | | Responders, % | 66.7 | 62.5 | 88.2 | | Secondary outcomes’ change, NIH-CPSI total score | | Wk-1 | 19.73 (2.65) | 20.22 (2.68) | 19.47 (2.19) | | Wk-2 | 16.58 (2.80) | 17.03 (2.35) | 15.56 (1.80) | | Wk-3 | 13.18 (2.32) | 13.81 (1.97) | 12.03 (1.90) | | Wk-4 | 11.06 (2.08) | 11.56 (1.67) | 10.09 (1.68) | | Change in each domain score of NIH-CPSI at wk-4 | | Pain subscale score | 5.18 (1.83) | 4.94 (1.27) | 6.88 (1.41) | | Urinary subscale score | 3.03 (1.83) | 2.84 (1.65) | 2.82 (1.99) | | Quality-of-life subscale score | 3.60 (1.00) | 3.75 (1.05) | 3.80 (0.98) | | Change in IIEF-5 score | 4.05 (1.43) | 3.90 (1.33) | 6.10 (2.12) | | Change in HADS score | 6.27 (2.05) | 6.22 (1.45) | 6.85 (1.73) | | Patients using other measures | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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