Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia: An Open-Label Pragmatic Study on Effects on Disease Severity, Neuropathic Pain Features, and Pain Catastrophizing

Table 2

One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), corrected for age and disease duration, with the adjustment of Holms-Bonferroni, of the clinimetric indeces and suscales after the eight consecutive weeks of acupuncture treatment.

		Sum of squares	df	Mean square	F	Sig.
FIQ-R	Between groups	9931.69	1	9931.692	22.375	<0.0001
	Within groups	84334.47	190	443.866
	Total	94266.17	191
FIQ-R function	Between groups	398.18	1	398.189	5.099	0.025
	Within groups	14836.94	190	78.089
	Total	15235.13	191
FIQ-R overall impact	Between groups	563.75	1	563.755	18.694	<0.0001
	Within groups	5729.86	190	30.157
	Total	6293.62	191
FIQ-R symptoms	Between groups	2536.79	1	2536.794	24.744	<0.0001
	Within groups	19479.22	190	102.522
	Total	22016.02	191
PHQ15	Between groups	812.63	1	812.630	27.497	<0.0001
	Within groups	5615.24	190	29.554
	Total	6427.87	191
PDQ	Between groups	972.00	1	972.000	17.091	<0.0001
	Within groups	10805.91	190	56.873
	Total	11777.91	191
TPC	Between groups	2670.08	1	2670.083	262.156	<0.0001
	Within groups	1935.16	190	10.185
	Total	4605.25	191
PCS total	Between groups	1413.75	1	1413.755	10.380	0.001
	Within groups	25877.57	190	136.198
	Total	27291.32	191
Helplessness	Between groups	391.02	1	391.021	11.724	0.001
	Within groups	6336.89	190	33.352
	Total	6727.91	191
Rumination	Between groups	212.52	1	212.521	9.179	0.003
	Within groups	4399.29	190	23.154
	Total	4611.81	191
Magnification	Between groups	10.08	1	10.083	2.322	0.129
	Within groups	825.22	190	4.343
	Total	835.31	191
PDQ	Between groups	972.00	1	972.000	17.091	<0.0001
	Within groups	10805.91	190	56.873
	Total	11777.91	191
TPC	Between groups	2670.08	1	2670.083	262.156	<0.0001
	Within groups	1935.16	190	10.185
	Total	4605.25	191

Abbreviations: FIQ-R = revised fibromyalgia impact questionnaire; PDQ = painDETECT questionnaire; PHQ15 = patient health questionnaire 15-item; TPC = tender point count; PCS = pain catastrophizing scale.