Research Article

An Alternative to Current Therapies of Functional Dyspepsia: Self-Administrated Transcutaneous Electroacupuncture Improves Dyspeptic Symptoms

Table 1

Sequence, treatment, and period effects on symptom scores.

Source of variationPartial SSDfMSProb >

Sequence effect60.07 160.073.34 0.0791
Treatment effect0.0010.000.000.0040
Period effect216.071216.0729.890.0300

Total931.7155

In improving symptom score, treatment effect was significant (). There was no sequence effect (), but some period effect existed ().