Efficacy and safety of self-administered acupressure on symptoms, quality of life and nasal mucosal function in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis: study protocol for a randomized controlled exploratory trial

Table 2 Pilot study of ARAT for perennial allergic rhinitis

	the ARAT group	the non-specific acupoints group	the blank control group
TNSS
Pre-intervention	9.7±2.2	9.5±2.0	10.1±1.7
Post-intervention	5.1±1.7^*	7.1±1.9^*#	7.3±1.6^*#
Running nose
Pre-intervention	2.5±0.5	2.4±0.7	2.6±0.5
Post-intervention	1.4±0.5^*	1.7±0.5^*	1.9±0.6^*
Itching
Pre-intervention	2.6±0.7	2.5±0.8	2.6±0.7
Post-intervention	1.5±0.8^*	1.9±1.1^*	1.8±0.4^*
Nasal obstruction
Pre-intervention	2.2±0.9	2.3±1.1	2.5±1.1
Post-intervention	0.8±1.0^*	1.7±1.1^*#	1.7±0.9^*#
Sneezing
Pre-intervention	2.4±0.8	2.3±1.1	2.4±0.7
Post-intervention	1.4±0.7^*	1.8±0.9^*	1.8±0.4^*

^*Compared with Pre-intervention P<0.05. ^#Compared to the ARAT group P<0.05
ARAT Allergic Rhinitis Acupressure Therapeutic, TNSS Total nasal symptom score

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