Table 3.
Unadjusted mean R-SMS-DS text scores by trial arm
| Week | Acupuncture | Counselling | Usual care | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | |
| 2 | 180 | 5.4 | (1.57) | 163 | 5.9 | (1.87) | 87 | 5.8 | (1.70) |
| 3 | 182 | 5.6 | (1.83) | 159 | 5.7 | (2.01) | 90 | 5.7 | (1.88) |
| 4 | 183 | 5.4 | (1.82) | 157 | 5.6 | (2.09) | 89 | 5.5 | (2.08) |
| 5 | 187 | 5.2 | (1.89) | 156 | 5.4 | (2.05) | 94 | 5.7 | (1.99) |
| 6 | 177 | 4.9 | (1.92) | 152 | 5.2 | (2.09) | 87 | 5.3 | (2.01) |
| 7 | 176 | 4.8 | (1.96) | 151 | 5.1 | (2.13) | 90 | 5.4 | (2.08) |
| 8 | 169 | 4.7 | (1.98) | 155 | 5.0 | (2.22) | 87 | 5.4 | (2.15) |
| 9 | 169 | 4.5 | (2.14) | 149 | 4.7 | (2.29) | 92 | 5.2 | (2.22) |
| 10 | 169 | 4.4 | (2.27) | 154 | 4.5 | (2.24) | 87 | 5.4 | (2.20) |
| 11 | 163 | 4.5 | (2.35) | 146 | 4.7 | (2.29) | 87 | 5.8 | (2.01) |
| 12 | 166 | 4.4 | (2.19) | 150 | 4.4 | (2.28) | 87 | 5.7 | (1.94) |
| 13 | 167 | 4.1 | (2.20) | 144 | 4.5 | (2.40) | 89 | 5.2 | (2.09) |
| 14 | 161 | 4.0 | (2.09) | 151 | 4.6 | (2.37) | 82 | 5.3 | (2.10) |
| 15 | 152 | 3.9 | (2.11) | 142 | 4.5 | (2.46) | 86 | 5.2 | (2.31) |
| 16 | 151 | 3.9 | (2.31) | 137 | 4.3 | (2.35) | 85 | 5.3 | (2.28) |