Table 2.
Treatment outcomes during the clinical trial period
| Treatment outcomes: raw score | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | After Tx | Changea (base ~ Tx) | p Value | After F/u | Changeb (base ~ F/u) | p Value | ||
| ISI | ||||||||
| PC | 17.59 ± 3.95 | 7.13 ± 4.45 | 10.46 ± 5.05 | 0.005 | 6.96 ± 4.45 | 10.63 ± 4.85 | 0.007 | |
| CA | 16.30 ± 3.69 | 8.12 ± 4.03 | 8.19 ± 3.79 | 8.00 ± 4.03 | 8.30 ± 4.32 | |||
| HINT-8 | ||||||||
| PC | 0.786 ± 0.091 | 0.823 ± 0.088 | 0.037 ± 0.071 | 0.676 | 0.823 ± 0.010 | 0.037 ± 0.074 | 0.319 | |
| CA | 0.788 ± 0.072 | 0.821 ± 0.075 | 0.033 ± 0.042 | 0.813 ± 0.088 | 0.024 ± 0.063 | |||
| Treatment outcomes: remission rate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline ~ after Tx | Baseline ~ after F/u | ||||||
| No./total | No./total | ||||||
| PC | 53/82d | (64.4%) | 50/82d | (61.0%) | |||
| CA | 25/43 | (58.1%) | 19/43 | (44.2%) | |||
Tx, treatment; F/u, follow-up; PC, pharmacopuncture; CA, conventional acupuncture (traditional acupuncture, electroacupuncture); ISI, Insomnia Severity Index; HINT-8, Health-related Quality of Life Instrument with Eight Items
aChange from baseline to post treatment
bChange from baseline to end of follow-up
cRemission defined as Insomnia Severity Index score < 8
dParticipants with baseline ISI < 8 excluded from remission analysis