Research Article

Development and Validation of Acupuncture Fear Scale

Table 3

The response patterns to the acupuncture fear scale ( ).

ItemNot at all (1)A little (2)Fair amount (3)Very much (4)Extremely (5)

AFS182 (29.8)111 (40.4)58 (21.1)20 (7.3)3 (1.1)
AFS273 (26.5)105 (38.2)57 (20.7)31 (11.3)7 (2.5)
AFS3115 (41.8)85 (30.9)50 (18.2)22 (8.0)3 (1.1)
AFS467 (24.4)116 (42.2)51 (18.5)38 (13.8)3 (1.1)
AFS571 (25.8)113 (41.1)50 (18.2)36 (13.1)5 (1.8)
AFS614 (5.1)63 (22.9)70 (25.5)87 (31.6)41 (14.9)
AFS782 (29.8)106 (38.5)60 (21.8)23 (8.4)4 (1.5)
AFS875 (27.3)106 (38.5)69 (25.1)24 (8.7)1 (0.4)
AFS926 (9.5)88 (32.0)87 (31.6)62 (22.5)12 (4.4)
AFS1067 (24.4)102 (37.1)69 (25.1)31 (11.3)5 (1.8)
AFS1147 (17.1)97 (35.3)67 (24.4)47 (17.1)17 (6.2)
AFS1278 (28.4)104 (37.8)61 (22.2)26 (9.5)5 (1.8)
AFS13102 (37.1)105 (38.2)46 (16.7)21 (7.6)0 (0)
AFS14 108 (39.3) 117 (42.5) 34 (12.4) 14 (5.1) 2 (0.7)
AFS15 63 (22.9) 92 (33.5) 67 (24.4)42 (15.3)11 (4.0)
AFS16 73 (26.5) 108 (39.3) 65 (23.6)26 (9.5)3 (1.1)

AFS: acupuncture fear scale, number (percentage).