Deqi Sensation in Placebo Acupuncture: A Crossover Study on Chinese Medicine Students

Table 4

Report of deqi feeling.

Perception of deqi	Group A; (𝑛=30)	Group B; (𝑛=30)	𝑃 value
Between-group comparison
Intervention Phase I
Yes	19 (63.3)	11 (36.7)	0.039*
No	11 (36.7)	19 (63.3)
Intervention Phase II
Yes	12 (40.0)	16 (53.3)	0.301**
No	18 (60.0)	14 (46.7)
Within-group comparison
𝑃 value	0.143^#	0.332^#

∗Chi-square test, 𝜒²=4.267, **Chi-square test, 𝜒²=1.071.
^#McNemar test.