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

Table 5

Report of skin penetrated feeling.

Perception of skin penetrated	Group A; (𝑛=30)	Group B; (𝑛=30)	𝑃 value
Between-group comparison
Intervention Phase I
Yes	21 (70.0)	23 (76.7)	0.559*
No	9 (30.0)	7 (23.3)
Intervention Phase II
Yes	25 (83.3)	23 (76.7)	0.519**
No	5 (16.7)	7 (23.3)
Within-group comparison
P value	0.424^#	1.000^#

∗Chi-square test, 𝜒²=0.341, **Chi-square test, 𝜒²=0.417.
^#McNemar test.