Effect of three-volt moxibustion with helium-neon laser irradiation on quality of care in patients with lumbar radiculopathy spondylosis

Table 1 Basic information about the study population

		Control	Observation	t/χ2	P value
Gender	Male	32	34	1.53	0.097
	Female	28	26
Aged		58.3 ± 6.7	59.1 ± 7.3	1.64	0.061
Duration of illness (month)		6.5 ± 3.3	7.0 ± 2.5	1.21	0.075
Take care of oneself	Yes	49	47	1.79	0.057
	No	11	13	-	-

Table 2 Differences in low back pain scores before and after patient treatment

	NRS		H/t	P value
	Before	After
Observation group	7.83 ± 0.55	1.74 ± 0.48a	19.891	0
Control group	7.65 ± 0.44	3.14 ± 0.52a	14.214	0
H/t	-0.134	3.066	-	-
P value	0.893	0.002	-	-

^aP < 0.05.

H: Kruskal-Wallis H test; NRS: Numerical rating scale.

Table 3 Differences in low back Japanese Orthopedic Association scores before and after patient treatment

	Japanese Orthopedic Association scores		H/t	P value
	Before	After
Observation group	6.73 ± 0.63	18.26 ± 0.61a	12.768	0
Control group	5.94 ± 0.23	14.23 ± 0.42a	11.356	0
H/t	0.789	7.875	-	-
P value	453	0	-	-

^aP < 0.05.

H: Kruskal-Wallis H test.

Table 4 Comparative analysis of the clinical outcomes of the two groups of patients, n (%)

Group	n	Significantly effective	Effective	Ineffective	Effective rate
Control group)	60	32 (53.3)	25 (41.67)	3 (0.05)	57 (95.5)
Observation group	60	23 (38.33)	26 (43.33)	11 (18.33)	49 (81.67)
χ2 value	-	-	-	-	45.759
P value	-	-	-	-	0.000

Table 5 Satisfaction scores in two groups

Group	Satisfaction scores
Observation	93.20 ± 3.5
Control	91.90 ± 2.5
t	4.421
P value	0.061