Prior to Conception: The Role of an Acupuncture Protocol in Improving Women’s Reproductive Functioning Assessed by a Pilot Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial
Table 4
Primary study endpoints by treatment group (C).
Acupuncture intervention
Lifestyle only intervention
value
Adjusted analysis
RR/CI (CI 95%)
Incidence of menstrual clots (%)
None
M entry
10 (35.7)
9 (32.1)
M entry 0.556
1.11 (0.53, 2.31)
M1
11 (45.8)
11 (73.3)
M1 0.221
0.63 (0.37, 1.06)
M2
9 (47.4)
7 (77.8)
M2 0.287
0.61 (0.34, 1.1)
M3
6 (85.7)
4 (66.7)
M3 0.188
2.14 (0.95, 4.85)
Small
M entry
12 (42.9)
9 (32.1)
1.33 (0.67, 2.65)
M1
8 (33.3)
3 (20)
1.67 (0.52, 5.31)
M2
7 (36.8)
1 (11.1)
3.32 (0.48, 23.06)
M3
1 (14.3)
0
Large
M entry
6 (21.4)
9 (32.1)
0.67 (0.27, 1.62)
M1
5 (20.8)
1 (6.7)
3.13 (0.4, 24.22)
M2
3 (15.8)
1 (11.1)
1.42 (0.17, 11.83)
M3
0
2 (33.3)
Variable
M entry
0
1 (3.6)
Incidence of menstrual pain
M entry
23 (82.1)
20 (71.4)
0.342
1.15 (0.86, 1.54)
M1
17 (68)
5 (33.3)
0.033
0.056
2.04 (0.95, 4.38)
M2
10 (50)
3 (30)
0.297
0.430
1.67 (0.59, 4.73)
M3
2 (28.6)
3 (50)
0.529
0.67(0.17, 2.67)
Length of menstrual pain (mean (SD))
M entry
1.7 (1.6)
1.2 (1.0)
0.669
M1
1.46 (1.7)
0.63 (1.4)
0.108
0.238
0.83 (−0.2, 1.86)
M2
0.9 (1.2)
0.47 (1.1)
0.271
0.258
0.43 (−0.36, 1.22)
M3
0.57 (0.5)
0.63 (1.1)
0.906
0.587
−0.06 (−1.02, 0.9)
Intensity of menstrual pain (mean (SD))
M entry
3 (1.3)
2 (1.4)
0.261
M1
3 (1.3)
2 (1.4)
0.146
0.285
1 (−0.37, 2.37)
M2
1.91 (1.4)
2.67 (1.5)
0.423
0.141
−0.76 (−2.76, 1.24)
M3
1.5 (1.0)
2.67 (1.5)
0.272
0.840
−1.17 (−3.6, 1.26)
indicates possible statistical significance, for example, .
