From: Perception of Deqi by Chinese and American acupuncturists: a pilot survey
Question | Response | US | China | Pooled | z | P | |||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
What deqi sensory | Both the patient and acupuncturist | 16 | 72.7 | 17 | 81 | 33 | 76.7 | Â | Â |
experience is more | Patient | 3 | 13.6 | 2 | 9.5 | 5 | 11.6 | Â | Â |
improtant for clinical | Acupuncturist | 1 | 4.6 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 4.7 | Â | Â |
efficacy? | Blank | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 3 | 7.0 | Â | Â |
What is the relationship | Occur together | 7 | 53.8 | 5 | 31.3 | 12 | 41.4 | Â | Â |
between needle grasping and | Not related | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | 3.4 | Â | Â |
patient deqi experience? | Sometimes occur together | 2 | 15.4 | 7 | 43.8 | 9 | 31.0 | Â | Â |
 | Unsure | 4 | 31.0 | 2 | 12.5 | 6 | 21.0 |  |  |
 | Blank | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 1 | 3.4 |  |  |
Do patients | Yes | 2 | 9.1 | 15 | 71.4 | 17 | 40.0 | 5.37*** | 0.000 |
like the sensations of deqi? | No | 8 | 36.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 18.6 | 3.55** | 0.004 |
 | Neutral | 6 | 27.3 | 6 | 19.1 | 12 | 23.2 |  |  |
 | Not felt | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 1 | 2.3 |  |  |
 | Other | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 4.8 | 3 | 7.0 |  |  |
 | Blank | 4 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9.3 |  |  |
Does a correlation exist | Positive | 13 | 65.0 | 17 | 81.0 | 30 | 73.2 | Â | Â |
between deqi and clinical | Negative | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.4 | Â | Â |
efficacy? | Unsure | 1 | 5.0 | 3 | 14.3 | 4 | 9.8 | Â | Â |
 | Other | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 1 | 2.4 |  |  |
 | Blank | 5 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 12.2 |  |  |