Acupuncture and physical exercise for affective symptoms and health-related quality of life in polycystic ovary syndrome: secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Baseline characteristics

	Acupuncture (n = 28)	Physical exercise (n = 29)	Control (n = 15)	P Between group
Depression & Anxiety scores
MADRS-S sum total	10.7 ± 6.2	10.8 ± 9.0	13.8 ± 9.4	ns
BSA-S sum total	13.1 ± 6.4	11.3 ± 6.0	14.6 ± 5.7	ns
SF36 domains
Physical functioning	88.6 ± 16.4	87.9 ± 15.0	92.3 ± 10.0	ns
Role physical	67.9 ± 33.9	86.2 ± 22.7	76.7 ± 30.6	ns
Role emotional	52.4 ± 43.9	47.1 ± 42.3	37.8 ± 41.5	ns
Social functioning	74.6 ± 21.6	67.2 ± 26.2	67.5 ± 31.3	ns
Mental health	60.3 ± 19.5	60.3 ± 19.9	56.0 ± 23.1	ns
Energy/vitality	44.3 ± 22.0	48.8 ± 23.9	46.6 ± 19.2	ns
Bodily pain	73.4 ± 19.4	71.9 ± 32.6	72.9 ± 23.5	ns
General health perception	56.6 ± 25.2	63.7 ± 18.0	64.6 ± 18.6	ns
SF36 summary scores
Physical component summary	50.1 ± 9.8	53.1 ± 7.4	54.4 ± 6.1	ns
Mental component summary	35.7 ± 14.2	33.8 ± 12.9	30.8 ± 15.2	ns
PCOSQ
Emotions	4.7 ± 1.2	4.2 ± 1.1	4.2 ± 1.2	ns
Body hair	4.0 ± 2.2	2.9 ± 1.9	3.3 ± 1.9	ns
Body weight	4.1 ± 2.2	3.3 ± 2.0	3.1 ± 1.7	ns
Infertility	4.2 ± 1.7	3.6 ± 1.6	4.5 ± 1.6	ns
Menstruation	4.1 ± 0.9	3.9 ± 1.2	4.0 ± 1.4	ns

Values are mean ± SD. Between-group differences at baseline were determined with the Kruskal-Wallis test.

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