Table 1.
Sample characteristics of subjects with current pain (n=102)
| Frequencies Mean (SD) |
Percentage | |
| Age | 49.16 (14.04) | |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 76 | 75 |
| Male | 26 | 25 |
| Education | ||
| Vocational school | 39 | 38 |
| Higher school certificate or higher vocational training | 29 | 28 |
| University | 34 | 33 |
| Employment status | ||
| Working | 72 | 71 |
| Retired | 10 | 10 |
| Other | 20 | 20 |
| Country of residence | ||
| Switzerland | 68 | 67 |
| Germany | 34 | 33 |
| Acupuncture experience | ||
| Current | 13 | 13 |
| Earlier | 51 | 50 |
| None | 38 | 37 |
| Success of acupuncture (range 1–10)* | 6.5 (2.80) | |
| Reason for treatment† | ||
| Pain | 55 | 86 |
| Mental health | 13 | 20 |
| Other | 24 | 38 |
| General health‡ | 3.21 (.92) | |
| Pain characteristics | ||
| Intensity (range 0–10)§ | 6.5 (1.92) | |
| Physician consulted¶ | 68 | 67 |
| Any treatment¶ | 66 | 65 |
| Days of restriction due to pain¶ | 46.76 (63.74) | |
| Location** | ||
| Back | 58 | 57 |
| Neck | 44 | 43 |
| Knee | 21 | 21 |
| Head | 20 | 20 |
| Hip | 16 | 16 |
| Other | 33 | 32 |
*Range from no success (1) to very successful (10) treatment outcomes of the last acupuncture treatment.
†Multiple answers were possible.
‡Range from 1=excellent to 5=bad.
§0 indicates no pain and 10 indicates maximum pain.
¶In the last 6-month period.
**Multiple answers were possible.