Preliminary Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Needle-Embedding Therapy with Acupuncture for Atopic Dermatitis Patients

Table 5

Mean separation of dermatology life quality index (DLQI).

Evaluation Variable		Acupuncture; Group	Needle-Embedding Group	p-value
		Mean ± Standard Deviation
DLQI; (n=7 vs 7)	Baseline	5.3 ± 3.40	5.6 ± 1.90	0.476
	5 Weeks	1.1 ± 0.69	1.0 ± 1.73
	Difference	4.1 ± 3.40	4.6 ± 2.38	1.000
	p-value	0.018	0.018

a: comparison between groups: p value from Mann-Whitney U test.
b: 5 weeks after baseline.
c: comparison within groups: p value from Wilcoxon signed rank test.