Research Article
A Randomized Clinical Trial of Auricular Point Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Feasibility Study
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the participants.
| | Mean (SD) or (%) | | True | Sham |
| Age | 45.4 (21.8) | 49.8 (14.4) | Gender | | | Male () | 2 (2%) | 2 (22%) | Female () | 8 (8%) | 7 (78%) | Marital status | | | Married/partnered () | 5 (50%) | 5 (56%) | Divorced/separated/other () | 5 (50%) | 4 (44%) | Education | | | Primary () | 1 (10%) | 0 (0%) | Secondary () | 2 (20%) | 1 (11%) | College and above () | 7 (50%) | 8 (89%) | Ethnicity | | | White () | 9 (90%) | 8 (89%) | Black () | 1 (10%) | 1 (11%) | Pain medication use at baseline | | | Yes | 2 (20%) | 4 (44%) | No | 8 (80%) | 5 (56%) |
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