Research Article
The Effect of Auriculotherapy on an Overweight Pregnant Women’s Weight-Gaining Pattern: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Table 1
Demographic and obstetrics characteristics of overweight pregnant women in the auriculotherapy and placebo group.
| | Characteristics | Placebo (N = 67) | Auriculotherapy (N = 66) | value | | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | | N (%) | N (%) |
| | Weight before intervention (kg) | 79.63 ± 7.07 | 81.94 ± 7.47 | 0.540 | | Gestational age (weeks) | 21.88 ± 1.43 | 22.60 ± 1.14 | 0.063 | | Parity (n) | 1.03 ± 0.816 | 0.71 ± 0.718 | 0.590 | | BMI at the beginning of pregnancy (kg/m2) | 27.15 ± 1.58 | 27.73 ± 1.27 | 0.13 | | Age (y) | 18–25 | 22 (32.8) | 15 (22.7) | 0.16 | | 26–30 | 22 (32.8) | 25 (37.9) | | 31–35 | 13 (19.4) | 21 (31.8) | | 36–40 | 10 (14.9) | 5 (7.6) | | Education | Under diploma | 39 (58.2) | 29 (43.9) | 0.12 | | Diploma to bachelor | 28 (41.8) | 35 (53.0) | | Master’s degree | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.0) | | Job | House wife | 54 (80.6) | 57 (86.4) | 0.523 | | Employed | 10 (14.9) | 8 (12.1) | | Other | 3 (4.5) | 1 (1.5) | | Number of pregnancies | 1 | 23 (34.3) | 29 (43.9) | 0.280 | | 2 | 27 (40.3) | 27 (40.9) | | ≥3 | 17 (25.4) | 10 (15.2) |
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Independent t-test; chi-square test. |
