Analysis of Factors Influencing the Efficiency of Acupuncture in Tinnitus Patients

Table 5

Comparison of four groups of patients who received different numbers of acupuncture sessions.

		Treatment outcome
	Case No.	Poor response	Good response	p value	OR	95% CI
Acupuncture sessions				0.0088
4 to 8	39	26	13		1
9 to 16	24	12	12		2	0.71-5.66
17 to 24	19	5	14		5.6	1.65-18.95
≥ 25 (25 to 124)	25	8	17		4.25	1.45-12.42

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.