Research Article

Effect of Auricular Acupressure on Acute Pain in Nursing Home Residents with Mild Dementia: A Single-Blind, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Study

Table 4

Additional use of analgesics at T0, T1, and T2 between the two groups.

GroupT0T1T2

AA group (n = 103)
 Yes0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0.246
 No103 (100%)103 (100%)103 (100%)
Sham AA group (n = 103)
 Yes0 (0)0 (0)3 (2.9%)
 No103 (100%)103 (100%)100 (97.1%)

Additional uses of analgesics: need to take analgesics for acute pain during the intervention. Based on Fisher’s exact test. No significant difference between groups, .