Saam Acupuncture for Treating Functional Dyspepsia: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 3
Functional dyspepsia-related quality of life, numeric rating scale, and the 3-level version of EuroQol-5 Dimensions scores.
Variables
Saam acupuncture (N = 10)
Usual care (N = 10)
value (between-group)
Mean (95% CI)
value (within-group)
Mean (95% CI)
value (within-group)
FD-QoL (total)
Baseline
38.50 (27.37, 49.63)
31.50 (17.24, 45.76)
Week 4
28.30 (18.16, 38.44)
0.0131
26.80 (12.30, 41.30)
0.2956
0.4824
Week 8
19.00 (9.69, 28.31)
0.0034
24.50 (10.01, 38.99)
0.1688
0.1432
Week 12
18.30 (9.34, 27.26)
0.0016
24.10 (8.70, 39.50)
0.1418
0.1126
FD-QoL (eating status)
Baseline
11.70 (8.28, 15.12)
7.70 (3.30, 12.10)
Week 4
9.10 (6.25, 11.95)
0.0730
7.10 (−3.45, 10.75)
0.5599
0.7309
Week 8
6.10 (2.81, 9.39)
0.0113
6.30 (2.37,10.23)
0.3217
0.2839
Week 12
4.70 (2.46, 6.94)
0.0007
7.30 (2.85, 11.75)
0.7509
0.0039
FD-QoL (liveliness status)
Baseline
9.80 (6.81, 12.79)
8.00 (5.48, 10.52)
Week 4
6.10 (3.68, 8.52)
0.0392
7.20 (4.49, 9.91)
0.5628
0.3635
Week 8
4.80 (2.87, 6.73)
0.0046
6.50 (3.63, 9.37)
0.2637
0.1456
Week 12
4.60 (3.33, 5.87)
0.0035
5.40 (2.34, 8.46)
0.0719
0.3773
FD-QoL (psychological status)
Baseline
8.90 (4.51, 13.29)
7.70 (3.20, 12.20)
Week 4
6.70 (3.02, 10.38)
0.0864
6.20 (1.78, 10.62)
0.2932
0.8280
Week 8
4.00 (0.87, 7.13)
0.0186
5.50 (1.33, 9.67)
0.2481
0.3232
Week 12
4.00 (0.53, 7.47)
0.0113
5.60 (1.36, 9.84)
0.2681
0.2959
FD-QoL (role-functioning status)
Baseline
8.10 (4.08, 12.12)
8.10 (3.31, 12.89)
Week 4
6.40 (2.64, 10.16)
0.1816
6.30 (1.25, 11.35)
0.1737
0.9528
Week 8
4.10 (2.18, 6.02)
0.0343
6.20 (1.64, 10.76)
0.1915
0.2286
Week 12
5.00 (2.08, 7.92)
0.0792
5.80 (1.38, 10.22)
0.0984
0.7261
VAS
Baseline
68.10 (58.08, 78.12)
62.30 (54.28, 70.32)
Week 4
46.80 (31.72, 61.88)
0.0184
55.50 (43.17, 67.83)
0.3681
0.3539
Week 8
27.30 (9.69, 44.91)
0.0012
57.20 (45.88, 68.52)
0.4303
0.0069
Week 12
33.80 (18.72, 48.88)
0.0017
62.90 (48.52, 77.28)
0.9249
0.0021
EQ-5D-3L
Baseline
0.836 (0.750, 0.922)
0.841 (0.770, 0.913)
Week 4
0.848 (0.780, 0.916)
0.5862
0.867 (0.812, 0.921)
0.4121
0.5892
Week 8
0.894 (0.844, 0.945)
0.0387
0.855 (0.762, 0.947)
0.7198
0.2776
Week 12
0.888 (0.832, 0.944)
0.0521
0.828 (0.760, 0.897)
0.7061
0.0855
Notes. CI: confidence interval; EQ-5D-3L: the 3-level version of EuroQol-5 Dimensions; FD-QoL: functional dyspepsia-related quality of life; VAS: visual analog scale.
