Effectiveness of Moxibustion Treatment in Quality of Life in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Table 1

Participant demographics and baseline characteristics.

Characteristics	Moxibustion ()	Sham moxibustion ()	value
Age, mean ± SD, y			0.264
Sex (%)
Men	20 (29%)	23 (34%)	0.814
Women	49 (71%)	44 (66%)
Affected knees (%)
Single knee	55 (80%)	45 (67%)	0.581
Both knees	14 (20%)	22 (33%)
Duration, mean ± SD, y			0.121
Quality of life score, mean ± SD,; 8 dimensions of SF-36
PF			0.428
RP			0.177
RE			0.381
VT			0.858
MH			0.289
SF			0.236
BP			0.751
GH			0.390

BP: bodily pain; GH: general health; MH: mental health; RE: emotional role functionality; PF: physical functioning; RP: physical role functioning; SD: standard deviation; SF: social role functionality; VT: vitality; y: year.