The Influence of Psychological Status on Acupuncture for Postprandial Distress Syndrome: A Subgroup Analysis of a Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Participant baseline characteristics.
Characteristic
Anxiety (n = 114)
Depression (n = 114)
Anxiety patients, n = 31
Nonanxiety patients, n = 83
Depressive patients, n = 32
Nondepressive patients, n = 82
Mean age (SD), y
42.3 (2.4)
41.0 (1.4)
41.9 (2.1)
41.1 (1.5)
Sex, n (%)
Female
21 (67.7)
63 (75.9)
23 (71.9)
61 (74.4)
Male
10 (32.3)
20 (24.1)
9 (28.1)
21 (25.6)
Marital status, n (%)
Married
24 (77.4)
60 (72.3)
27 (84.4)
57 (69.5)
Single
7 (22.6)
23 (27.7)
5 (15.6)
25 (30.5)
Occupation, n (%)
Mental work
27 (87.1)
72 (86.7)
31 (96.9)
68 (82.9)
Manual work
4 (12.9)
11 (13.3)
1 (3.1)
14 (17.1)
Education (SD), y
14.7 (0.7)
15.1 (0.3)
15.2 (0.6)
14.9 (0.3)
Mean body mass index (SD), kg/m2
21.5 (0.7)
22.1 (0.4)
22.0 (0.7)
21.9 (0.4)
Mean disease duration (SD), mo
66.2 (12.2)
52.2 (5.6)
62.8 (11.0)
53.3 (6.0)
Endoscopy findings, n (%)⨗
Normal
0 (0)
6 (11.8)
4 (19.0)
2 (3.9)
Chronic superficial gastritis
14 (66.7)
32 (62.7)
12 (57.1)
34 (66.7)
Chronic nonatrophic gastritis
7 (33.3)
13 (25.5)
5 (23.8)
15 (29.4)
Helicobacter pylori status, n (%)℥
Positive
3 (10.3)
20 (26.7)
6 (20.7)
18 (24.0)
Negative
26 (89.7)
55 (73.3)
23 (79.3)
57 (76.0)
There was significant difference ( < 0.05) between the study groups. ⨗Data were available for 77 patients. ℥Data were available for 104 patients.
