[PDF] Top 20 Acupoint herbal plaster for patients with primary dysmenorrhea: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... of dysmenorrhea [18, ...the acupoint herbal plaster (AHP) is a non-invasive, minimal-dose, transcutaneously absorbed, pharmacological treatment ...and herbal medicinal ...Chinese ... See full document

... whole trial process will per- form the statistical analysis using the SAS statistical soft- ware package (Version ...this trial, the per protocol set (PPS) will be ...all patients who are ... See full document

... Background: Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is one of the most common health complaints all over the world, specifically among young ...this study is to evaluate the immediate analgesia effect of WAA on PD ... See full document

... This trial will use three analysis sets: the intention-to-treat set, which will regard all participants as randomized re- gardless of whether or not they received the randomized treatment; the per ... See full document

... A randomized clinical trial was designed in compliance with the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials ...severe primary dysmenorrhea (based on a visual analogue scale [VAS] score of at ... See full document

... clinical trial of evidence-based medicine because of the poor quality of current studies, such as small sample size, no description of methods for randomization, no standardized acupuncture protocol which ... See full document

... Neiguan) acupoint stimulation (Class IIb, Level A) as a complementary intervention for PONV prophylaxis ...effective acupoint for preventing nausea and ... See full document

... Among herbal medicines, the golden plaster is the preferred and most commonlyused method in China to reduce pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis, as it causes few adverse ...this study ... See full document

... The primary causes of acne include in- creased sebum secretion, follicular hyperkeratinization, Propionibacterium acnes within the follicle, and inflamma- tory responses ... See full document

... Many patients seek alternative IBS treatments because of the limitations of conventional ...a herbal formula, has long been used for alleviating diarrhea-predominant IBS (D-IBS) in traditional ...D-IBS ... See full document

... multicentre randomized control trial with blinding of participants and assessors will be ...60 patients will be randomly assigned to receive 45 min of either real acuTENS or sham acuTENS treatment ... See full document

... conditions, rendering them more susceptible to the side effects of opioids such as nausea, vomiting, sedation, and respiratory depression. 3 A systematic review revealed that regional nerve blocks in patients with ... See full document

... “all patients” cannot be applied and research is ne- cessary to stratify the surgical ...elderly patients, even though age is one of the factors considered for calculation of P-POSSUM and APACHE II ... See full document

... domized controlled trials (RCTs) have been performed, demonstrating mixed results in efficacy ...the study cohorts, and antioxidants did not provide clear benefit in the cohort with a higher proportion of ... See full document

... The primary outcome is a binomial random ...of study center, type of pregnancy (twin or singleton) and cervix length (two ...factors study center, type of pregnancy and cervix length figure as ... See full document

... This study is powered to reveal significant differences between the two study ...67 patients need to be included in each arm of the ...150 patients which are randomly allocated in both ...The ... See full document

... ART in contrast to only 20% with the HT. Since, there is no tooth preparation or caries removal involved in the procedure, HT tends to be more acceptable. Though, pain was reported when ART technique was used it was ... See full document

... the trial and provided with a patient in- formation and informed consent ...form. Patients willing to participate in the study are included after signing the informed consent ...This study is ... See full document

... survey study on health and health system responsiveness to convert WHO-DAS summary score to a health state preference measure, we will also construct Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) for both groups, thereby ... See full document

... the study coordinator or primary investigator using an online generator (ALEA ...four patients is used to minimize the occurrence of chance imbalance and preserve ...different study sites, so ... See full document