What Is the Appropriate Acupuncture Treatment Schedule for Chronic Pain? Review and Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 3

Linear regression analysis on real follow-up pain relief rate with schedule related factors.

Dependent Variable	Explanatory Variable	Coefficient Estimates of Predictors	R-square Value	P-value
Real Follow-up Pain Relief Rate	Follow-up Weeks	-0.542	0.200	0.015
	Duration of Each Treatment Session	-0.562	0.117	0.070
	Total Duration of Treatment	-0.504	0.007	0.672
	Number of Treatment Sessions	-0.475	0.011	0.584
	Frequency	-4.008	0.037	0.320
	DOSE	-0.220	0.105	0.086
	Score	5.219	0.093	0.108