Laser Acupuncture Alleviates Symptoms and Improves Quality of Life in Women with Overactive Bladder: A Double-Blind, Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 3

Generalized estimating equation analysis of outcome measurements. OABSS (a) as primary outcome, UDI-6 (b), and IIQ-7 (c) as secondary outcomes. (N = 30). , , .

	ß	SE	P
(a)
Group
Experimental	0.20		0.753
Control	0^a
Group  time course (experimental vs. control)
3^rd treatment vs. baseline	−3.13	0.87	≤0.001
6^th treatment vs. baseline	−4.60	0.91	≤0.001
9^th treatment vs. baseline	−3.79	1.09	≤0.001
(b)
Group
Experimental	0.33		0.699
Control	0^a
Group  time course (experimental vs. control)
3^rd treatment vs. baseline	−0.87	0.99	0.382
6^th treatment vs. baseline	−1.90	0.93	0.042
9^th treatment vs. baseline	−2.25	1.01	0.025
(c)
Group
Experimental	−2.16		0.309
Control	0^a
Group  time course (experimental vs. control)
3^rd treatment vs. baseline	−4.57	1.51	0.003
6^th treatment vs. baseline	−3.63	1.60	0.023
9^th treatment vs. baseline	−3.42	1.91	0.073

a. Set to zero because this parameter is redundant. ß. Estimate parameter. SE: standard error.