Table 3.

Comparison of patients' satisfaction and examiners' satisfaction after examination and Borg fatigue index between the two groups

Groups	WAA group	CON group	t value/χ2 value	P value
Wake-up time (min)	3.26 ± 0.87	6.06 ± 0.88	21.5	< 0.0001
VAS score of pain between 15 min	1.38 ± 0.49	2.31 ± 0.47	13.05	< 0.05
VAS score of pain between 30 min	0.65 ± 0.48	1.89 ± 0.32	20.56	< 0.05
Borg fatigue index (5 min)	1.74 ± 0.697	2.57 ± 0.498	84.92	< 0.001
Borg fatigue index (30 min)	0.396 ± 0.492	0.278 ± 0.450	2.82	0.095
Patients' satisfaction (VAS)	9.57 ± 0.50	9.44 ± 0.50	1.71	0.88
Examiners' satisfaction (VAS)	9.89 ± 0.31	9.28 ± 0.45	158.97	< 0.001

WAA: Wrist-ankle acupuncture; CON: Control; VAS: Visual analog scale.