Research Article
Effects of Acupuncture on Leucopenia, Neutropenia, NK, and B Cells in Cancer Patients: A Randomized Pilot Study
Table 1
Baseline comparison between groups: sociodemographic and clinical characteristics; blood analyses and QOL-CR 29 and HADS scores.
| Characteristics | Experimental group () | Control group () |
| Age | | | Mean; range | 62.2; 38–74 | 56.6; 43–74 | Cancer type | | | Colon | 8 (88.9%) | 9 (100%) | Rectum | 1 (11.1%) | 0 (0%) | Tumor staging | | | II | 1 (11.1%) | 2 (22.2%) | III | 7 (77.8) | 3 (33.3%) | IV | 1 (11.1%) | 4 (44.4%) | Type of chemotherapy | | | FOLFOX | 6 (66.7%) | 6 (66.7%) | XELOX | 1 (11.1%) | 2 (22.2%) | FOLFIRI | 1 (11.1%) | 0 | Capecitabine | 1 (11.1%) | 1 (11.1%) | Blood analyses ( value) | (mean cells/L; s.d.) | (mean cells/L; s.d.) | WBC () | 6367.78; 897.55 | 5915.56; 1288.59 | ANC () | 3128.78; 996.25 | 3219; 1199.07 | Total lymphocyte () | 1734.59; 586.98 | 1842.28; 735.77 | B cells () | 170.88; 51.59 | 169.25; 168.91 | T cells () | 1378.95; 540.62 | 1548.76; 613.11 | NK cells () | 184.52; 81.07 | 123.44; 88.46 | QOL-Cr 29 and HADS scores ( value) | (mean; s.d.) | (mean; s.d.) | Anxiety () | 14.78; 6.45 | 15.67; 3.53 | Depression () | 16.11; 5.84 | 14.33; 3.12 | Urological symptoms () | 7.67; 1.00 | 7.89; 0.93 | Gastrointestinal symptom () | 7.67; 2.74 | 8.44; 3.54 | Defecation symptoms () | 6.22; 6.05 | 10.67; 3.67 | Stoma-related symptoms () | 2.89; 4.40 | —a | Chemo side effects () | 8.33; 1.93 | 6.67; 2.06 | Male sexual function () | 3.00; 2.59 | 1.56; 2.40 | Female sexual function () | 0.78; 1.20 | 1.78; 1.56 | Weight concerns () | 2.44; 1.24 | 2.56; 1.33 | Body image () | 4.56; 1.42 | 4.78; 2.49 | Future concerns () | 2.89; 1.36 | 3.33; 0.71 |
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(S.d., standard deviation; considered statistically significant; —a, no patients with stoma bag on the control group.)
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