Compliance, Side-Effects, and Blinding Success
Acupuncture, pain
MINOR
All 12 patients complied with the 10 planned acupuncture therapy sessions. Negative side-effects were minor and infrequent. Five of six patients (83%) in both the genuine and the sham acupuncture group considered the needling to be not or just mildly painful. Six (100%) of the genuine acupuncture treated and 5 (83%) of the sham acupuncture treated patients, thought they had received a genuine penetrating acupuncture treatment (Acupuncture Beliefs, Side-Effects, and Blinding Statements.N of patients answering the questions and n of observations (6 patients in each group a’ 10 treatments = 60 observations) are presented.Abbreviations: n, number.The experienced side-effects were hot flushes (n = 1) and feeling emotional (n = 1).Overall pain induced by placing and stimulating the needles.This patient stated “I am not sure at all, I guess,” regarding certainty in the statement.