Effect of acupuncture treatment in patients with mild to moderate atopic dermatitis: a randomized, participant- and assessor-blind sham-controlled trial

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants

Characteristic	VA (n = 18)	SA (n = 17)	P-value
Gender (Male/Female)	7/11 (38.89%)	7/10 (41.18%)	0.890
Age (Years)	24.67 (5.27)	22.82 (4.71)	0.332
Body mass index (kg/m²)	23.03 (3.86)	22.91 (3.39)	1.000
SCORAD (Total)	34.38 (8.09)	34.90 (10.64)	0.922
SCORAD (Objective)	24.90 (7.34)	25.53 (9.15)	0.823
VAS (Pruritus)	5.72 (1.09)	6.04 (0.92)	0.358
VAS (Insomnia)	3.76 (2.88)	3.33 (2.36)	0.707
EASI	5.16 (3.75)	5.83 (5.58)	0.987
POEM	12.39 (4.47)	14.18 (5.77)	0.312
DLQI	8.83 (4.72)	10.24 (6.21)	0.577
VAS (Dyspepsia)	4.02 (2.83)	3.32 (2.69)	0.456
NDI-K	19.72 (19.74)	22.06 (20.31)	0.694
Credibility test	18.00 (1.85)	17.41 (2.65)	0.592

P > 0.05 for all comparisons. Values are expressed as mean (standard deviation) or count (%). Continuous data were analyzed using independent t-test. If data were not normally distributed, then wilcoxon rank sum test was used. Bivariate data were analyzed using chi-squared test
VA Verum Acupuncture, SA Sham Acupuncture, SCORAD SCORing Atopic Dermatitis index, VAS Visual Analog Scale, EASI Eczema Area and Severity Index, POEM Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure, DLQI Dermatology Life Quality Index, NDI-K Nepean Dyspepsia Index-Korean version

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