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Gender [n, (%)] Female 3 (20%) Male 12 (80%) Years practicing medicine Mean, 3.73 (SD, 1.94) Years practicing medical acupuncture Mean, 2.00 (SD, 1.31) SD, standard deviation.
Age (years) Mean, 52.18 (SD, 13.93) Gender [n, (%)] Female 10 (58.8%) Male 7 (41.2%) Number of acupuncture treatments received [n, (%)] Low utilizer (up to 5 treatments) 4 (23.5%) Medium utilizer (6 to 20 treatmnets) 9 (52.9%) High utilizer (>20 treatments) 4 (23.5%) Primary reason for receiving acupuncture treatment* [n, (%)] Chronic pain† 8 (47.1%) Musculoskeletal injury or pain 5 (29.4%) Stress/anxiety 4 (23.5%)