A survey of evidence users about the information need of acupuncture clinical evidence

Table 3 Scores of the candidate items

Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Mean	p (independent-sample T-test)
7.1	Total	6	9	14	17	24	18	18	48	25	72	7.2
	P^c	2	5	1	5	9	7	7	15	11	33	7.6	0.109
	NP^d	4	4	13	12	15	11	11	33	14	39	7.0
7.2	Total	19	11	14	15	33	18	23	37	21	60	6.6
	P	9	3	4	5	12	8	8	13	13	20	6.6	0.895
	NP	10	8	10	10	21	10	15	24	8	40	6.6
7.3	Total	3	2	0	4	18	15	9	40	33	127	8.6
	P	1	1	0	0	7	6	5	16	13	46	8.5	0.954
	NP	2	1	0	4	11	9	4	24	20	81	8.6
7.4	Total	2	0	2	4	15	9	12	46	45	116	8.6
	P	1	0	1	1	9	2	1	19	18	43	8.6	0.700
	NP	1	0	1	3	6	7	11	27	27	73	8.7
7.5	Total	1	0	3	9	12	8	14	37	42	125	8.7
	P	1	0	2	2	7	4	8	15	15	41	8.4	0.044
	NP	0	0	1	7	5	4	6	22	27	84	8.8
7.6	Total	1	2	3	6	8	13	16	42	42	118	8.6
	P	1	2	0	2	2	6	5	19	16	42	8.5	0.560
	NP	0	0	3	4	6	7	11	23	26	76	8.7
7.7	Total	17	11	25	17	38	36	20	45	16	26	5.9
	P	11	3	9	7	18	12	7	17	4	7	5.5	0.047
	NP	6	8	16	10	20	24	13	28	12	19	6.2
7.8	Total	3	2	5	8	14	24	21	55	34	85	8.0
	P	2	1	2	3	5	13	6	20	13	30	7.8	0.286
	NP	1	1	3	5	9	11	15	35	21	55	8.1

^cP: Postgraduates; ^dNP: Non-postgraduates, including clinicians and researchers of acupuncture
7.1 Provide the theoretical basis of acupuncture used for the target disease in background/introduction
7.2 Provide the style of acupuncture treatment (e.g. traditional Chinese acupuncture, South Korean acupuncture) in background/introduction
7.3 Provide the diagnostic criteria in methods (TCM syndrome and/or diagnostic criteria of diseases according to Western medicine)
7.4 Provide types of acupuncture interventions in methods (e.g. type of acupunctures like percussopunctator and needles, and any other intervention like sham acupuncture)
7.5 Provide details of acupuncture interventions in methods (e.g. number of needles, names of acupoint, depth of puncture, relevant body response, needling manipulation, time for needle retention, types of needles)
7.6 Provide indicators of effect judgement in methods (e.g. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS))
7.7 Provide the qualification (e.g. career and other experience) of acupuncture clinicians in methods
7.8 Provide the follow-up time along with rationality in results

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