A comparative study on the effects of systemic manual acupuncture, periauricular electroacupuncture, and digital electroacupuncture to treat tinnitus: A randomized, paralleled, open-labeled exploratory trial

Table 2 Changes in the THI scores

	Initial	Mid	End	Follow-up
MA (n = 12)	51.33 ± 24.80	45.00 ± 25.26	41.83 ± 32.46	40.00 ± 33.66
PE (n = 14)	55.14 ± 24.39	50.86 ± 22.64	50.71 ± 26.93	50.00 ± 27.38
DE (n = 13)	35.38 ± 16.03	35.38 ± 17.02	34.00 ± 18.17	33.85 ± 18.14
p-value	0.064	0.282	0.138	0.056

MA systemic manual acupuncture group, PE periauricular electroacupuncture group, DE distal electroacupuncture group, THI Tinnitus Handicap Inventory. All variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation analyzed by one-way analysis of covariance considering THI score at baseline as covariate. P-values < 0.05 were considered significant

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