Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients (n = 21).

Characteristic	Group A	Group B	P value
No. of patients (n)	11	10	-
No. of women, n (%)	4 (36.364)	5 (50.000)	0.497
Age (y), mean (95% CI)	69.364 (61.245, 77.483)	61.300 (53.362, 69.238)	0.127
Course of disease (D), mean (95% CI)	52.818 (22.348, 83.289)	52.200 (18.001, 86.399)	0.976
MBI score, mean (95% CI)	32.386 (24.613, 40.160)	32.980 (26.378, 39.572)	0.898
MMSE score, mean (95% CI)	21.000 (19.725, 22.275)	21.800 (20.262, 23.338)	0.380

Notes. Group A received standard conventional treatment and acupuncture treatment; Group B only received standard conventional treatment. CI: confidence interval; MBI: modified Barthel index; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; N: number; %: percent; y: year; D: days.