Table 3. General improvements of dry eye-related symptoms.
Assessed by participants (n = 137)* | Assessed by physicians (n = 136)† | |||||||||
Grade | E | G | F | P | A | E | G | F | P | A |
Acupuncture | 2(2.99%) | 27(40.30%) | 28(41.79%) | 10(14.93%) | 0(0%) | 4(5.97%) | 28(41.79%) | 25(37.31%) | 10(14.93%) | 0(0%) |
Artificial tears | 2(2.86%) | 17(24.29%) | 26(37.14%) | 24(34.29%) | 1(1.43%) | 0(0%) | 17(24.64%) | 22(31.88%) | 27(39.13%) | 3(4.35%) |
Tested by Chi-squared test; *P = 0.060, †P = 0.001; E: excellent, G: good, F: fair, P: poor, A: aggravation.