Table 3.

Outcomes after 10 weeks of Acupuncture or Sham Acupuncture Therapy for 89 Men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

Outcome	Acupuncture (n=44)	Sham Acupuncture (n=45)	p-value*
National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index, median (standard deviation, SD)
Total score (range 0–43, primary response criterion = 6 points decrease)	14.5 (8.7)	19.0 (10.3)	0.03
Pain subscale (range 0–21)	7.0 (4.5)	8.0 (4.8)	0.12
Urinary subscale (range 0–10)	0 (2.9)	2.0 (3.2)	0.04
Quality of life subscale (range 0–12)	3.5 (5.5)	8.0 (3.8)	0.02
International Prostate Symptom Score, median (SD)
Total (range 0–35)	3.5 (5.5)	6.0 (6.4)	0.13
Quality of life subscale (range 0–6)	2.0 (2.0)	3.0 (2.0)	0.23
Brief Pain Inventory (short form), median (SD)
Pain intensity (range 0–10)	1.9 (2.0)	2.3 (1.7)	0.07
Pain disability (range 0–10)	0.9 (1.7)	1.7 (1.5)	0.31
International Index of Erectile Function, median (SD, range 0–25)	22.5 (7.5)	23.0 (6.7)	0.63
Global response assessment†, N (%)
≥50% improvement	29 (65.9)	18 (40.0)	0.02
≥75% improvement	11 (25.0)	6 (13.3)	0.19

Both groups of patients received 10 weeks of acupuncture or sham acupuncture therapy (20 total sessions).

^*P value based on Mann-Whitney U test.

^†P-value based on Fisher Exact test