The quality-of-life scales
MH, infertility, bodily pain, HT
The total scores, role-physical (RP) scores, and role-emotional (RE) scores of SF-36 were significantly increased after 4 months’ acupuncture intervention (adjusted There were no significant differences in bodily pain (BP), general health (GH), vitality (VT), social functioning (SF), RE, mental health (MH), and HT scores of SF-36 and total scores, emotion, body hair, weight, infertility problems of PCOSQOL, Physical Form Domain, and Spirit Domain of ChiQOL scores when comparing pre-treatment and post-treatment or between acupuncture and sham acupuncture, as well as SAS and SDS scores (Quality of life outcomes score from pre-treatment to post-treatment.Data are median (IQR).p-values represent comparison before and after treatment within acupuncture and sham acupuncture groups.p-values represent comparison before and after treatment within acupuncture and sham acupuncture groups after adjusting clomiphene and reproductive outcome.p1-values represent comparison of the difference value before and after treatment between acupuncture and sham acupuncture groups.p1-values represent comparison of the difference value before and after treatment between acupuncture and sham acupuncture groups after adjusting clomiphene and reproductive outcome.