Effects of Diagnostic Errors in Pattern Differentiation and Acupuncture Prescription: A Single-Blinded, Interrater Agreement Study

Table 1

Descriptive data of the studied sample.

Variable	Value^*
Sample size,	6
Male	4 (66.7%)
Female	2 (33.3%)
Professional activity
Clinical consultant	6 (100%)
Postgraduate professor	5 (83.3%)
Supervisor of clinic-school	3 (50.0%)
Age, years	43 37; 64
Formal training and practicing
Duration of postgraduate course, years	2 2; 2.5
Acupuncture and TCM theory, hours	800
Acupuncture training, hours	400
Time since postgraduate, years	12 4; 33

Median minimum; maximum for continuous variables; frequency (%) for categorical variables.