Analysis of Factors Influencing the Efficiency of Acupuncture in Tinnitus Patients

Table 4

Comparison of the treatment responses between PA and PADA groups.

	PA group (n = 38)	PADA group (n = 69)	p value
The score change of			0.253
Before treatment	5.55 ± 2.26	5.08 ± 1.91
After treatment	4.29 ± 2.44	3.41 ± 2.16
Decrease in	1.26 ± 1.83	1.67 ± 1.72
p value	< 0.01	< 0.01
The percentage change of Baseline (improvement)			0.049
Decrease in /Baseline	0.17 ± 0.48	0.33 ± 0.32
p value	< 0.01	< 0.01
The decrease in /Baseline			0.026
≥ 30%	14	42
< 30%	24	27
CGI-I			0.06
Before treatment	4	4
After treatment	3.13 ± 1.12	2.77 ± 1.16
p value	< 0.01	< 0.01
CGI-I			0.089
CGI-I ≤ 3	21	50
CGI-I ≥ 4	17	19

PA: periauricular acupoints; PADA: periauricular acupoints + distal acupoints; : visual analog scale; CGI-I: Clinical Global Impression–Improvement scale.