Research Article
Development and Validation of Acupuncture Fear Scale
Table 3
The response patterns to the acupuncture fear scale (
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| Item | Not at all (1) | A little (2) | Fair amount (3) | Very much (4) | Extremely (5) |
| AFS1 | 82 (29.8) | 111 (40.4) | 58 (21.1) | 20 (7.3) | 3 (1.1) | AFS2 | 73 (26.5) | 105 (38.2) | 57 (20.7) | 31 (11.3) | 7 (2.5) | AFS3 | 115 (41.8) | 85 (30.9) | 50 (18.2) | 22 (8.0) | 3 (1.1) | AFS4 | 67 (24.4) | 116 (42.2) | 51 (18.5) | 38 (13.8) | 3 (1.1) | AFS5 | 71 (25.8) | 113 (41.1) | 50 (18.2) | 36 (13.1) | 5 (1.8) | AFS6 | 14 (5.1) | 63 (22.9) | 70 (25.5) | 87 (31.6) | 41 (14.9) | AFS7 | 82 (29.8) | 106 (38.5) | 60 (21.8) | 23 (8.4) | 4 (1.5) | AFS8 | 75 (27.3) | 106 (38.5) | 69 (25.1) | 24 (8.7) | 1 (0.4) | AFS9 | 26 (9.5) | 88 (32.0) | 87 (31.6) | 62 (22.5) | 12 (4.4) | AFS10 | 67 (24.4) | 102 (37.1) | 69 (25.1) | 31 (11.3) | 5 (1.8) | AFS11 | 47 (17.1) | 97 (35.3) | 67 (24.4) | 47 (17.1) | 17 (6.2) | AFS12 | 78 (28.4) | 104 (37.8) | 61 (22.2) | 26 (9.5) | 5 (1.8) | AFS13 | 102 (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) |
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AFS: acupuncture fear scale, number (percentage).
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