Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants in this study.
| Characteristic | Conditions | Acupuncture Mean (SD) |
Sham Mean (SD) |
Statistic |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 18 | 18 | |||
| Age (years) | 44.5 (10.47) | 43.78 (9.10) | t(34) = 0.22 | 0.83 | |
| BMI | 21.45 (2.51) | 20.82 (2.36) | t(34) = 0.77 | 0.45 | |
| MADRS | pre-treatment | 22.94 (7.36) | 22.83 (9.17) | F(1,33) = 0.001 | 0.97 |
| post-treatment | 5.44 (5.37) | 14.06 (4.39) | F(1,33) = 26.86 | < 0.01 | |
| post-pre | −17.5 (7.89) | −8.78 (7.94) | F(1,33) = 10.86 | < 0.01 | |
| SDS | pre-treatment | 47.833 (6.46) | 47.44 (9.23) | F(1,33) = 0.01 | 0.94 |
| post-treatment | 26.83 (6.46) | 34.94 (5.40) | F(1,33) = 16.29 | < 0.01 | |
| post-pre | −21.00 (9.11) | −12.50 (8.65) | F(1,33) = 8.21 | < 0.01 |
Abbreviations: BMI, Body Mass Index; MADRS, Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale; SDS, Self-rating Depression Scale; ‘post-pre’ means treatment effect between pre- and post-treatment.