Deqi Sensations of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Auricular Points

Table 1

Prevalence of individual Deqi sensations during TENS in healthy subjects and depression patients.

	Healthy subject (𝑛=15)		Depression patients (𝑛=16)
	Auricular; concha area	Superior; scapha	Auricular; concha area
Soreness	2	3	4
Fullness	4	3	5
Numbness	9	11	6
Heaviness	2	1	1
Pressure	3	3	2
Tingling	14	14	16
Warmness	3	4	4
Coolness	0	0	0
Dull pain	0	1	0

The paired chi-square tests were performed for comparing the frequencies of individual Deqi sensations between the paired TENS points in the healthy subjects (𝑃>0.05). The Fisher exact probability tests were used to compare the frequencies of individual Deqi sensations during TENS on auricular concha area between the healthy subjects and depression patients (𝑃>0.05).