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Response rates at follow-up for acupuncture (n=116) and usual care (n=117)
| Month | Questionnaires returned (%) |
Non-missing IBS SSS data (%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture | Usual care | Acupuncture | Usual care | |
| 3 | 109 (94%) | 100 (85%) | 108 (93%) | 97 (83%) |
| 6 | 105 (91%) | 95 (81%) | 99 (85%) | 91 (78%) |
| 9 | 104 (90%) | 95 (81%) | 93 (80%) | 94 (80%) |
| 12 | 104 (90%) | 94 (80%) | 103 (89%) | 93 (79%) |
| 24 | 81 (70%) | 62 (53%) | 79 (68%) | 62 (53%) |
IBS SSS, irritable bowel syndrome symptom severity score.
