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Table 1 Response of acupuncturists to by country

From: Perception of Deqi by Chinese and American acupuncturists: a pilot survey

Question

Response

US

China

Pooled

z

P

n

%

n

%

n

%

What deqi sensory

Both the patient and acupuncturist

16

72.7

17

81

33

76.7

  

experience is more

Patient

3

13.6

2

9.5

5

11.6

  

improtant for clinical

Acupuncturist

1

4.6

1

4.8

2

4.7

  

efficacy?

Blank

2

9.0

1

4.8

3

7.0

  

What is the relationship

Occur together

7

53.8

5

31.3

12

41.4

  

between needle grasping and

Not related

0

0.0

1

6.2

1

3.4

  

patient deqi experience?

Sometimes occur together

2

15.4

7

43.8

9

31.0

  
 

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

  

between deqi and clinical

Negative

1

5.0

0

0.0

1

2.4

  

efficacy?

Unsure

1

5.0

3

14.3

4

9.8

  
 

Other

0

0.0

1

4.8

1

2.4

  
 

Blank

5

25.0

0

0.0

5

12.2

  
  1. Significant difference was observed between cultures in patient attitude: Test of two proportions between China and US using Fischer's exact P-values showed patients in China liked the sensations while those in the US did not (***P < 0.001; **P < 0.01).