Effects of auricular acupressure on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in breast cancer patients: a preliminary randomized controlled trial

Table 4 Post-hoc analysis (Dunn-Bonferroni test) for MAT overall total, MAT total nausea, MAT acute CINV, and MAT acute nausea scores

MAT Outcomes ^a	Post-hoc Analysis (Dunn-Bonferroni Test)
	True AA vs. Sham AA		True AA vs. Standard Care		Sham AA vs. Standard Care
	Statistic	Adjusted p value	Statistic	Adjusted p value	Statistic	Adjusted p value
MAT overall total	-8.66	0.75	-24.61	0.003	-15.95	0.10
MAT total nausea	-9.68	0.59	-25.56	0.002	-15.88	0.10
MAT acute CINV	-10.17	0.49	-25.47	0.001	-15.30	0.11
MAT acute nausea	-10.67	0.43	-27.34	0.001	-16.67	0.07

This table is derived and modified from the original PhD thesis of Professor Jing-Yu (Benjamin) Tan [Tan, J. (2017). Effects of auricular acupressure on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in breast cancer patients: a preliminary randomized controlled trial. Doctoral dissertation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.] [28]
MAT MASCC Antiemesis Tool
^afor MAT total scale and different symptom domains, a higher score indicates more severe nausea and/or vomiting; AA auricular acupressure; CINV chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

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