CONTEXT: Acupuncture has been found to be beneficial in the treatment of @entity1 with @entity626 . However, response among such @entity1 is highly variable. Identification of subjects with greater response would facilitate a more rational use of acupuncture. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between demographic and psychosocial variables and response to acupuncture as defined by reduction in @entity158 and disability at the end of an 8-week course of treatment. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Outpatients attending rheumatologists or primary care physicians. @entity1 : 37 @entity1 with symptomatic @entity626 who had previously participated in a controlled trial using acupuncture were recalled for an interview approximately 1 year later. INTERVENTION: Structured interview, questionnaire completion, and an examination. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: @entity308 , @entity148 , helplessness, self-efficacy, and @entity1295 were measured by standard instruments. Knee examination and assessment of @entity158 threshold were measured by dolorimetry. RESULTS: Response at 8 weeks was significantly related to duration of symptoms. A statistically nonsignificant trend was found for older and more educated subjects to have a better response; @entity148 and @entity1295 were found to be inversely related to response (also statistically nonsignificant). Subjects with localized medial @entity158 had significantly better response in terms of @entity158 and disability than did subjects with generalized knee @entity158 . CONCLUSION: Other than a weak relationship with @entity148 (at 8 weeks only), no evidence of a link between psychosocial variables and response to acupuncture was found. Prospective studies are needed to confirm these results.

Are psychosocial factors related to response to acupuncture among XXXX with @entity626 ?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'PATIENTS'] @entity626 :: ('MESH:D020370', 'Disease') :: ['knee osteoarthritis'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Depression'] @entity1295 :: ('MESH:D005221', 'Disease') :: ['fatigue'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
