Western medical acupuncture in a group setting for knee osteoarthritis: results of a pilot randomised controlled trial

Table 3 Other outcomes

Arm	‘group’	‘individual’	‘standard’
Mean (SD), n
EQ-5D pre	0.545 (0.255), 19	0.480 (0.250), 20	0.555 (0.274), 19
EQ-5D 14w	0.639 (0.308), 17	0.660 (0.227), 14	0.560 (0.271), 13
OKS pre	22.8 (7.4), 20	22.4 (6.8), 20	24.2 (5.8), 20
OKS 14w	32.3 (11.1), 17	29.6 (7.7), 15	27.2 (7.7), 13
Using NSAID daily, n/N
pre	11/20 (55 %)	8/20 (40 %)	10/20 (50 %)
14w	5/17 (29 %)	4/14 (29 %)	7/14 (50 %)
Troublesome^a, n/N
pre	7/20 (35 %)	9/20 (45 %)	5/20 (25 %)
14w	3/17 (18 %)	2/15 (13 %)	3/14 (21 %)
Global change^b n/N
14w	7/17 (41 %)	9/15 (60 %)	2/14 (14 %)

Pre baseline, 14w 14 week follow-up, ‘group’ group acupuncture, ‘individual’ individual acupuncture, ‘standard’ standardised care only, NSAID non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
^aHighest two categories, extremely and very
^bHighest two categories, much or moderately better

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