Research Article
Group versus Individual Acupuncture (AP) for Cancer Pain: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants in individual vs. group acupuncture interventions.
| | Characteristic | Individual AP | Group AP |
| | Age at joining (N = 70) (mean) (SD) | 40.87 (33.03) | 49.59 (21.50) |
| | Sex | | | | Females | 29 (76.3%) | 30 (88.2) |
| | Employment status | | | | Disability/unemployed/retired | 28 (75%) | 21 (67.7%) | | Employed (PT/FT) | 8 (25%) | 10 (32.3%) |
| | Highest level of education | | | | Up to high school | 9 (23.7%) | 5 (16.7%) | | College/technical school/some university | 16 (42.1%) | 14 (46.6%) | | Masters/postgrad degree/doctoral | 13 (34.2%) | 11 (36.7%) |
| | Marital status | | | | Single/divorced/widowed | 9 (25%) | 8 (26.6%) | | Married/cohabitating | 27 (75.0%) | 22 (73.3%) | | Cancer type | | | | Breast | 19 (48.7%) | 21 (61.8%) | | Gastrointestinal | 6 (15.4%) | 6 (17.6%) | | Gynecological | 4 (10.3%) | 3 (8.8%) | | Hematological | 5 (12.8%) | 2 (5.9%) | | Skin | 1 (2.6%) | 1 (2.9%) | | Lung | 3 (7.7%) | 1 (2.9%) | | Head and neck | 1 (2.6%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| | Treatment type | | | | Treatment 1 (N = 72) | | | | Chemotherapy | 15 (39%) | 17 (52%) | | Radiotherapy | 7 (18%) | 3 (9%) | | Surgery | 14 (36%) | 10 (30%) | | Hormonal therapy | 2 (5%) | 3 (9%) | | Treatment 2 (N = 54) | | | | Treatment 2 (N = 54) | 14 (48%) | 9 (36%) | | Chemotherapy | 4 (14%) | 6 (24%) | | Surgery | 9 (31%) | 9 (36%) | | Bone marrow transplant | 1 (3.4%) | 0 (0%) | | Immunotherapy | 1 (3.4%) | 0 (0%) | | Stem cell | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | | Treatment 3 (N = 26) | | | | Chemotherapy | 1 (9%) | 2 (13%) | | Radiotherapy | 3 (27%) | 5 (33%) | | Surgery | 4 (36%) | 1 (7%) | | Hormonal therapy | 3 (27%) | 7 (47%) | | Treatment 4 (n = 6) | | | | Radiotherapy | 1 (25%) | 1 (50%) | | Surgery | 0 (0%) | 1 (50%) | | Hormonal therapy | 3 (75) | 0 (0) |
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