Acupuncture in the Inpatient Acute Care Setting: A Pragmatic, Randomized Control Trial
Table 1
Comparison of groups at admission.
Not offered acupuncture ()*
Offered acupuncture ()*
Offered-accepted ()*
Offered-refused ()*
Age (Yrs)-mean (SD)
62.8 (16.9)
63.6 (16.2)
63.4 (15.6)
64.0 (17.4)
Female–percent (#)
54 (66)
45 (111)
45 (77)
45 (34)
Race–percent (number)
Caucasian
28 (34)
35 (86)
32 (55)
41 (31)
Hispanic
39 (47)
33 (82)
35 (61)
28 (21)
Asian
10 (12)
16 (39)
17 (29)
13 (10)
African Am.
17 (21)
14 (34)
13 (22)
16 (12)
Other/Pac.Isl.
6 (7)
2 (6)
3 (5)
1 (1)
Medical group–percent (number)
Cardiology
24 (29)
28 (70)
28 (49)
28 (21)
Hospitalists
60 (73)
57 (141)
53 (92)
65 (49)
Internist
2 (2)
4 (9)
4 (7)
3 (2)
Orthopedics
13 (16)
9 (23)
12 (20)
4 (3)
Gynecology
0 (0)
1 (2)
1 (2)
0 (0)
Cardiothoracic surgery
1 (1)
1 (2)
1 (2)
0 (0)
Overall health–percent (number)
Excellent
5 (6)
6 (14)
5 (8)
8 (6)
Very good
20 (23)
20 (46)
20 (32)
20 (14)
Good
28 (32)
32 (73)
29 (46)
38 (27)
Fair
35 (39)
28 (65)
30 (48)
24 (17)
Poor
12 (13)
14 (31)
15 (24)
10 (7)
Heath scores at admission–mean (SD)
Overall health (avg.)
3.3 (1.1)
3.2 (1.1)
3.3 (1.1)
3.1 (1.1)
HADS-anxiety**
7.7 (4.5)
7.1 (4.5)
7.9 (4.5)
5.3 (3.7)
HADS-depression***
5.6 (3.9)
5.4 (3.9)
5.8 (4.1)
4.5 (3.4)
HADS: hospital anxiety and depression scale.
*Maximum number of data points available for each group for this analysis. Individual outcome variables may have fewer data points available due to additional missing data.
**
between those accepting and refusing acupuncture—more anxious tend to accept acupuncture.
***
between those accepting and refusing acupuncture—more depressed tend to accept acupuncture.
