Research Article

Auricular Point Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Feasibility Study for 1-Week Treatment

Table 2

The trend of mean pain score and interference from baseline to day 7 and the difference of mean pain score between each treatment day and baseline.

Worst painAverage painSeverityInterference
Mean(SD)Change (%)Mean(SD)Change (%)Mean(SD)Change (%)Mean

D07.61(1.63)6.33(1.94)6.29(1.85)4.88(2.77)
D14.60(2.81)3.42(2.42)3.41(2.39)2.70(2.78)
D24.59(2.87)3.24(2.70)3.25(2.44)2.66(2.86)
D34.06(2.99)2.77(2.66)2.79(2.42)2.27(2.64)
D44.42(2.87)2.92(2.48)3.01(2.38)2.23(2.58)
D54.14(2.85)2.86(2.48)2.94(2.35)1.89(2.52)
D63.54(2.71)2.30(2.16)2.49(2.15)1.89(2.48)
D74.13(3.15)2.89(2.72)2.96(2.57)2.31(2.65)
D1 versus D0−3.01(2.27)−39.57%−2.91(2.18)−46.01%−2.88(2.12)−45.79%−2.18(2.18)−44.61%
D2 versus D0−3.03(2.29)−39.75%−3.09(2.33)−48.78%−3.04(2.14)−48.38%−2.22(2.22)−45.52%
D3 versus D0−3.56(2.33)−46.71%−3.55(2.28)−56.17%−3.50(2.12)−55.66%−2.61(2.61)−53.41%
D4 versus D0−3.19(2.25)−41.95%−3.41(2.19)−53.86%−3.28(2.09)−52.13%−2.65(2.65)−54.24%
D5 versus D0−3.47(2.23)−45.57%−3.47(2.19)−54.85%−3.34(2.08)−53.18%−2.99(2.99)−61.25%
D6 versus D0−4.07(2.16)−53.49%−4.03(2.04)−63.66%−3.80(1.98)−60.48%−2.99(2.99)−61.26%
D7 versus D0−3.48(2.42)−45.72%−3.44(2.32)−54.38%−3.33(2.20)−52.89%−2.57(2.57)−52.69%

D: day, SD: standard deviation.