QALY
REGRESSION
The pharmacopuncture group showed a significantly lower EQ-5D-5 L score at baseline; however, the score was similar to those of the control group after 12 weeks. There were no significant differences between the two groups’ SF6D scores. The QALY was calculated using regression analyses adjusted for baseline values (Table 
Distribution of utilities according to EQ-5D-5L and SF-6D by pharmacopuncture and usual care. *EQ-5D-5L : Questionnaire valuing health-related Quality of Life, SF-6D : An equipment evaluating healthThe adjusted QALY of the pharmacopuncture group for 12 weeks was 0.168 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.165–0.171), while that of the control group was 0.166 (95% CI, 0.163–0.169). Accordingly, the adjusted differential QALY calculated based on the EQ-5D was 0.002. The adjusted QALY calculated based on SF-6D was 0.159 (95% CI, 0.155–0.164) in the pharmacopuncture group and 0.156 (95% CI, 0.151–0.160) in the control group, with an adjusted differential QALY of 0.003.
Utility and quality of life years (QALY) after randomization by pharmacopuncture and usual careNote. 
