Table 3.

Predictors of Patients’ Satisfaction with Acupuncture 4 weeks into Treatment

	Satisfaction with acupuncture (at 4 weeks)
	Estimate (SE)	P
Patient age	0.003 (0.004)	≥0.20
Patient education (< HS, HS or some college, college graduate)	−0.03 (0.07)	≥0.20
Patient sex = Female (ref = male)	0.04 (0.08)	≥0.20
Patient race = non-white (ref = white)	0.16 (0.08)	0.04
Patient baseline expectations about acupuncture	0.34 (0.08)	< 0.0001
Clinician communication of expectations at visit 1a	0.02 (0.01)	0.04

^aHigher communication scores represent more optimistic and confident communication