Association of Patients’ Characteristics with Acupuncture Treatment Outcomes in Treating Bell’s Palsy: Results from a Randomised Controlled Trial
Table 1
HB grades of subjects at different stages of the disease according to the five acupuncture treatmentsa.
HB grade
Treatmentb
A N (%)
B N (%)
C N (%)
D N (%)
E N (%)
value
Baseline period
II
16 (9.64)
15 (9.09)
19 (11.31)
16 (10.00)
16 (9.58)
0.5911
III
58 (34.94)
63 (38.18)
61 (36.31)
58 (36.25)
71 (42.51)
IV
73 (43.98)
67 (40.61)
58 (34.52)
54 (33.75)
58 (34.73)
V
18 (10.84)
20 (12.12)
28 (16.67)
31 (19.38)
22 (13.17)
VI
1 (0.60)
0 (0)
2 (1.19)
1 (0.63)
0 (0)
Total
166
165
168
160
167
1-week acupuncture
I
1 (0.60)
2 (1.21)
1 (0.60)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0.2993
II
38 (22.89)
43 (26.06)
38 (22.62)
35 (21.88)
33 (19.76)
III
77 (46.39)
80 (48.48)
70 (41.67)
71 (44.38)
90 (53.89)
IV
45 (27.11)
32 (19.39)
46 (27.38)
47 (29.38)
29 (17.37)
V
5 (3.01)
8 (4.85)
13 (7.74)
7 (4.38)
15 (8.98)
Total
166
165
168
160
167
2-week acupuncture
I
6 (3.61)
8 (4.85)
4 (2.38)
1 (0.63)
3 (1.80)
0.6443
II
73 (43.98)
76 (46.06)
78 (46.43)
73 (45.63)
77 (46.11)
III
70 (42.17)
58 (35.15)
60 (35.71)
63 (39.38)
63 (37.72)
IV
16 (9.64)
22 (13.33)
21 (12.50)
21 (13.13)
21 (12.57)
V
1 (0.60)
1 (0.61)
5 (2.98)
2 (1.25)
3 (1.80)
Total
166
165
168
160
167
3-week acupuncture
I
14 (8.43)
15 (9.09)
14 (8.33)
6 (3.75)
7 (4.19)
0.3617
II
112 (67.47)
95 (57.58)
103 (61.31)
104 (65.00)
111 (66.47)
III
29 (17.47)
43 (26.06)
39 (23.21)
45 (28.13)
33 (19.76)
IV
10 (6.02)
12 (7.27)
10 (5.95)
4 (2.50)
16 (9.58)
V
1 (0.60)
0 (0)
2 (1.19)
1 (0.63)
0 (0)
Total
166
165
168
160
167
4-week acupuncture
I
85 (51.20)
87 (52.73)
87 (51.79)
75 (46.88)
85 (50.90)
0.5646
II
58 (34.94)
54 (32.73)
56 (33.33)
57 (35.63)
50 (29.94)
III
18 (10.84)
19 (11.52)
17 (10.12)
24 (15.00)
23 (13.77)
IV
4 (2.41)
5 (3.03)
7 (4.17)
3 (1.88)
9 (5.39)
V
1 (0.60)
0 (0)
1 (0.60)
1 (0.63)
0 (0)
Total
166
165
168
160
167
4-week follow-up
I
127 (76.51)
124 (75.15)
116 (69.05)
120 (75.00)
125 (74.85)
0.6421
II
28 (16.87)
33 (20.00)
42 (25.00)
30 (18.75)
29 (17.37)
III
10 (6.02)
8 (4.85)
8 (4.76)
9 (5.63)
11 (6.59)
IV
0 (0)
0 (0)
2 (1.19)
1 (0.63)
2 (1.20)
V
1 (0.60)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Total
166
165
168
160
167
12-week follow-up
I
142 (85.54)
144 (87.27)
134 (79.76)
137 (85.63)
141 (84.43)
0.3999
II
17 (10.24)
18 (10.91)
28 (16.67)
18 (11.25)
20 (11.98)
III
6 (3.61)
3 (1.82)
5 (2.98)
4 (2.50)
6 (3.59)
IV
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (0.60)
1 (0.63)
0 (0)
V
1 (0.60)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Total
166
165
168
160
167
aData are expressed as the number of patients (%), unless otherwise indicated. bA indicates manual acupuncture, B indicates manual acupuncture + moxibustion, C indicates manual acupuncture + electroacupuncture, D indicates manual acupuncture + acupuncture along the yangming musculature, and E indicates manual acupuncture, regardless of which stage of the disease the patients were in.
