Table 1.
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.