Group versus Individual Acupuncture (AP) for Cancer Pain: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial

Table 4

Outcome	Intervention	Time	Mean (SE)	Noninferiority margin	Difference in change (95% CI)
BPI interference	Group	Pre	4.75 (0.45)	−1
		Post	3.20 (0.50)
	Individual	Pre	4.23 (0.41)		0.72 (−0.67–2.11)
		Post	3.40 (0.44)
BPI interference-PHY	Group	Pre	4.58	−1.27	0.77 (−0.71–2.25)
		Post	2.87
	Individual	Pre	4.35
		Post	3.40
BPI interference-PSYCH	Group	Pre	4.95	−1.14	1.76 (0.45–3.06)
		Post	2.45
	Individual	Pre	3.78
		Post	3.04
BPI severity	Group	Pre	4.83 (0.32)	−0.81	0.45 (−0.55–1.46)
		Post	3.06 (0.35)
	Individual	Pre	4.58 (0.31)
		Post	3.26 (0.32)