Effects of gastrointestinal motility therapy combined with acupuncture on gastrointestinal function in patients after laparoscopic radical surgery

Table 1 Patient baseline characteristics, n (%)

Group	Sex		Age (years)	Disease type		BMI (kg/m2)	Staging of TNM
	Male	Female		Gastric cancer	Colorectal cancer		Phase I	Phase II	Phase III	Phase IV
Integrated group (n = 100)	60	40	58.16 ± 9.27	46 (46.00)	54 (54.00)	23.53 ± 2.44	21	26	36	17
Normal group (n = 96)	59	37	57.86 ± 10.05	41 (42.70)	55 (57.29)	23.46 ± 2.52	19	26	32	19
χ2/t	0.015		0.214	0.215		0.196	0.043
P value	0.834		0.831	0.643		0.845	0.947

BMI: Body mass index; TNM: Tumor-node-metastasis.

Table 2 Comparison of treatment effects between the integrated group and the normal group, n (%)

Group (n = 100)	Cure	Remarkable	Improvement	In vain	Overall effective rate
Integrated group (n = 100)	28 (28.00)	35 (35.00)	30 (30.00)	7 (7.00)	93 (93.00)
Normal group (n = 96)	18 (18.75)	29 (30.20)	30 (31.25)	19 (19.79)	81 (84.38)
χ2					6.366
P value					0.012

Table 3 Comparison of gastrointestinal symptom rating scale scores pre- and post-treatment between the two groups

Group	Pre-treatment	Post-treatment
Integrated group (n = 100)	40.53 ± 2.46	26.25 ± 3.16f
Normal group (n = 96)	39.86 ± 2.31	31.05 ± 3.93f
t	1.950	-9.446
P value	0.053	< 0.001

^fP < 0.000001.

Table 4 Comparison of immune function indexes pre- and post-treatment between the two groups

Group	CD3+		CD4+		CD4/CD8+		NK
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
Integrated group (n = 100)	61.85 ± 3.51	71.05 ± 5.11f	27.39 ± 2.95	35.98 ± 3.15f	0.95 ± 0.31	1.30 ± 0.43	11.45 ± 1.15	15.05 ± 1.50f
Normal group (n = 96)	61.98 ± 3.60	67.15 ± 1.85f	27.52 ± 3.05	32.42 ± 2.93f	0.93 ± 0.29	1.05 ± 0.35	11.55 ± 1.07	13.02 ± 0.87f
t	-0.256	7.021	0.030	8.220	0.466	4.689	-0.695	11.572
P value	0.798	< 0.001	0.762	< 0.001	0.641	0.833	0.488	< 0.001

^fP < 0.000001.

NK: Natural killer.

Table 5 Comparison of adverse reactions and satisfaction between the two groups, n (%)

Group	Adverse reactions				Satisfaction
	Dry mouth	Diarrhea	Nausea	Total incidence	Satisfaction	Be satisfied with	Dissatisfy	Overall satisfaction
Integrated group (n = 100)	2 (2.00)	2 (2.00)	1 (1.00)	5 (5.00)	46 (46.00)	51 (51.00)	3 (3.00)	97 (97.00)
Normal group (n = 96)	5 (5.21)	5 (5.21)	4 (4.17)	14 (14.58)	32 (33.00)	48 (50.00)	15 (15.62)	81 (84.38)
t				5.138				9.360
P value				0.023				0.002