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 𝑛 (%)
	True	Sham
Age	45.4 (21.8)	49.8 (14.4)
Gender
Male (𝑛)	2 (2%)	2 (22%)
Female (𝑛)	8 (8%)	7 (78%)
Marital status
Married/partnered (𝑛)	5 (50%)	5 (56%)
Divorced/separated/other (𝑛)	5 (50%)	4 (44%)
Education
Primary (𝑛)	1 (10%)	0 (0%)
Secondary (𝑛)	2 (20%)	1 (11%)
College and above (𝑛)	7 (50%)	8 (89%)
Ethnicity
White (𝑛)	9 (90%)	8 (89%)
Black (𝑛)	1 (10%)	1 (11%)
Pain medication use at baseline
Yes	2 (20%)	4 (44%)
No	8 (80%)	5 (56%)