Auricular Acupuncture Versus Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Patients with Anxiety Disorders or Major Depressive Disorder: A Prospective Parallel Group Clinical Trial

Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics.

Characteristics	AA group	PMR group	p*
	(n = 90)	(n = 72)
Distribution of disorders
AD	53 (58.9%)	43 (59.7%)	0.4573
MDD	37 (41.1%)	29 (40.3%)	0.4573
Study participation	84 (93.3%)	52 (72.2%)	0.0001^†
Drop out	30 (33.3%)	28 (38.9%)	0.2317
Sex
Men	61 (67.8%)	42 (58.3%)	0.1073
Women	29 (32.2%)	30 (41.7%)	0.1073
Age	34.1 (SEM ± 1.139)	34.7 (SEM ± 1.351)	0.945
Patients with sec. psych. diagnoses	56 (62.2%)	46 (63.9%)	0.4137
Medication
Antidepressants	80 (88.9%)	59 (81.9%)	0.1041
Antipsychotics	37 (41.1%)	19 (26.4%)	0.0251
Benzodiazepines prn	3 (3.3%)	2 (2.8%)	0.0419
Nonbenzodiazepines	23 (25.6%)	9 (12.5%)	0.0190
Mood stabilizers	10 (11.1%)	3 (4.2%)	0.0529

* No adjusted p values of significance.
^† p < α_B, where α_B Bonferroni corrected alpha = 0.05.
AA = auricular acupuncture; AD = anxiety disorders; MDD = major depressive disorder; PMR = progressive muscle relaxation; prn = as needed; sec. psych. = secondary psychiatric; SEM = standard error of the mean.

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