Table 3.
Functional dyspepsia-related quality of life, numeric rating scale, and the 3-level version of EuroQol-5 Dimensions scores.
| Variables | Saam acupuncture (N = 10) | Usual care (N = 10) | P value (between-group) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (95% CI) | P value (within-group) | Mean (95% CI) | P value (within-group) | ||
| FD-QoL (total) | |||||
| Baseline | 38.50 (27.37, 49.63) | 31.50 (17.24, 45.76) | |||
| Week 4 | 28.30 (18.16, 38.44) | 0.0131 | 26.80 (12.30, 41.30) | 0.2956 | 0.4824 |
| Week 8 | 19.00 (9.69, 28.31) | 0.0034 | 24.50 (10.01, 38.99) | 0.1688 | 0.1432 |
| Week 12 | 18.30 (9.34, 27.26) | 0.0016 | 24.10 (8.70, 39.50) | 0.1418 | 0.1126 |
| FD-QoL (eating status) | |||||
| Baseline | 11.70 (8.28, 15.12) | 7.70 (3.30, 12.10) | |||
| Week 4 | 9.10 (6.25, 11.95) | 0.0730 | 7.10 (−3.45, 10.75) | 0.5599 | 0.7309 |
| Week 8 | 6.10 (2.81, 9.39) | 0.0113 | 6.30 (2.37,10.23) | 0.3217 | 0.2839 |
| Week 12 | 4.70 (2.46, 6.94) | 0.0007 | 7.30 (2.85, 11.75) | 0.7509 | 0.0039 |
| FD-QoL (liveliness status) | |||||
| Baseline | 9.80 (6.81, 12.79) | 8.00 (5.48, 10.52) | |||
| Week 4 | 6.10 (3.68, 8.52) | 0.0392 | 7.20 (4.49, 9.91) | 0.5628 | 0.3635 |
| Week 8 | 4.80 (2.87, 6.73) | 0.0046 | 6.50 (3.63, 9.37) | 0.2637 | 0.1456 |
| Week 12 | 4.60 (3.33, 5.87) | 0.0035 | 5.40 (2.34, 8.46) | 0.0719 | 0.3773 |
| FD-QoL (psychological status) | |||||
| Baseline | 8.90 (4.51, 13.29) | 7.70 (3.20, 12.20) | |||
| Week 4 | 6.70 (3.02, 10.38) | 0.0864 | 6.20 (1.78, 10.62) | 0.2932 | 0.8280 |
| Week 8 | 4.00 (0.87, 7.13) | 0.0186 | 5.50 (1.33, 9.67) | 0.2481 | 0.3232 |
| Week 12 | 4.00 (0.53, 7.47) | 0.0113 | 5.60 (1.36, 9.84) | 0.2681 | 0.2959 |
| FD-QoL (role-functioning status) | |||||
| Baseline | 8.10 (4.08, 12.12) | 8.10 (3.31, 12.89) | |||
| Week 4 | 6.40 (2.64, 10.16) | 0.1816 | 6.30 (1.25, 11.35) | 0.1737 | 0.9528 |
| Week 8 | 4.10 (2.18, 6.02) | 0.0343 | 6.20 (1.64, 10.76) | 0.1915 | 0.2286 |
| Week 12 | 5.00 (2.08, 7.92) | 0.0792 | 5.80 (1.38, 10.22) | 0.0984 | 0.7261 |
| VAS | |||||
| Baseline | 68.10 (58.08, 78.12) | 62.30 (54.28, 70.32) | |||
| Week 4 | 46.80 (31.72, 61.88) | 0.0184 | 55.50 (43.17, 67.83) | 0.3681 | 0.3539 |
| Week 8 | 27.30 (9.69, 44.91) | 0.0012 | 57.20 (45.88, 68.52) | 0.4303 | 0.0069 |
| Week 12 | 33.80 (18.72, 48.88) | 0.0017 | 62.90 (48.52, 77.28) | 0.9249 | 0.0021 |
| EQ-5D-3L | |||||
| Baseline | 0.836 (0.750, 0.922) | 0.841 (0.770, 0.913) | |||
| Week 4 | 0.848 (0.780, 0.916) | 0.5862 | 0.867 (0.812, 0.921) | 0.4121 | 0.5892 |
| Week 8 | 0.894 (0.844, 0.945) | 0.0387 | 0.855 (0.762, 0.947) | 0.7198 | 0.2776 |
| Week 12 | 0.888 (0.832, 0.944) | 0.0521 | 0.828 (0.760, 0.897) | 0.7061 | 0.0855 |
Notes. CI: confidence interval; EQ-5D-3L: the 3-level version of EuroQol-5 Dimensions; FD-QoL: functional dyspepsia-related quality of life; VAS: visual analog scale.