Table 3 Comparison of clinical manifestation before the 1st and after the 30th acupuncture treatment in natal and regressive autism of different age
From: The therapeutic effect of scalp acupuncture on natal autism and regressive autism
Items | Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | Percentage change (-%) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
All | 11.46 | 2.37 | 8.29 | 2.03 | 27.60 | 0.000 |
Verbal communication problems | 3.06 | 1.01 | 2.00 | 0.90 | 34.62 | 0.000 |
Social problems | 2.50 | 0.78 | 1.60 | 0.69 | 35.88 | 0.000 |
Social problems | 2.34 | 1.07 | 1.72 | 0.77 | 26.42 | 0.000 |
Social problems | 1.85 | 0.70 | 1.49 | 0.63 | 19.84 | 0.000 |
Noise sensitivity | 1.71 | 0.88 | 1.49 | 0.76 | 12.93 | 0.003 |