Electroacupuncture for Functional Constipation: A Multicenter, Randomized, Control Trial
Table 5
PAC-QOL questionnaire.
Mean (95% CI)
LCI ()
HCI ()
MC ()
value
Overall scores
Week 2 change from baseline
0.67 (0.55, 0.79)
0.63 (0.49, 0.77)
0.40 (0.26, 0.54)
0.00
Week 4 change from baseline
0.72 (0.59, 0.85)
0.82 (0.68, 0.96)
0.47 (0.35, 0.59)
0.00
Week 8 change from baseline
0.78 (0.64, 0.92)
0.93 (0.77, 1.09)
0.56 (0.42, 0.70)
0.00
Physical discomfort
Week 2 change from baseline
0.74 (0.56, 0.92)
0.67 (0.49, 0.85)
0.53 (0.34, 0.72)
0.26
Week 4 change from baseline
0.88 (0.72, 1.04)
0.92 (0.74, 1.10)
0.56 (0.39, 0.73)
0.01
Week 8 change from baseline
0.91 (0.72, 1.10)
1.08 (0.90, 1.26)
0.72 (0.53, 0.91)
0.06
Psychosocial discomfort
Week 2 change from baseline
0.44 (0.31, 0.57)
0.34 (0.23, 0.45)
0.27 (0.12, 0.42)
0.12
Week 4 change from baseline
0.47 (0.33, 0.61)
0.49 (0.33, 0.65)
0.32 (0.18, 0.46)
0.10
Week 8 change from baseline
0.57 (0.43, 0.71)
0.63 (0.43, 0.83)
0.44 (0.28, 0.60)
0.22
Worries and concerns
Week 2 change from baseline
0.71 (0.57, 0.85)
0.63 (0.46, 0.80)
0.42 (0.26, 0.58)
0.02
Week 4 change from baseline
0.75 (0.59, 0.91)
0.86 (0.69, 1.03)
0.52 (0.37, 0.67)
0.01
Week 8 change from baseline
0.79 (0.60, 0.98)
0.99 (0.81, 1.17)
0.60 (0.43, 0.77)
0.01
Satisfaction
Week 2 change from baseline
0.92 (0.67, 1.17)
1.02 (0.78, 1.26)
0.45 (0.26, 0.64)
0.01
Week 4 change from baseline
0.93 (0.69, 1.17)
1.15 (0.89, 1.41)
0.52 (0.33, 0.71)
0.00
Week 8 change from baseline
1.00 (0.78, 1.22)
1.18 (0.91, 1.45)
0.54 (0.30, 0.78)
0.00
, versus baseline; , versus mosapride. , versus mosapride; , versus LCI values were used through the Signed-Rank test. , , and values were used through the least significant difference (LSD). values were for the comparison among the three groups and were calculated with the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), except for the comparison of the baseline values, which used an analysis of variance (ANOVA).
