[PDF] Top 20 Effects of acupuncture treatment on depression insomnia: a study protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial

... Predictive Analytics Software (PASW, version18.0) is used for data analyses. Exploratory analysis will include the minimum, maximum, median, mean, and standard deviation. For measurement data, a normality test is ... See full document

... our trial, sham acupuncture is adopted in the control group while placebo medicine is used in acupuncture group, which is considered to benefit the homogeneity of potential psychological ... See full document

... Building on this knowledge Bockting developed Prevent- ive Cognitive Therapy (PCT). PCT is a form of Cognitive Therapy aimed at treating an underlying vulnerability and thereby inducing long-term effects on ... See full document

... predictability, treatment can be targeted to the period of time when patients are most likely to experience ...The treatment window for menstrual migraine occurs be- tween 2 days before and 3 days after the ... See full document

... chronic insomnia: 1) patients admitted to the out- patient clinics of the Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department and Neurology Department of Jiangsu Traditional Chinese Medicine will be potential partici- ... See full document

... other study that has examined the potential added value of an integrative treatment combining therapeutic acupuncture with structured salutogenic ...potential effects of acupuncture in ... See full document

... Korea, acupuncture is one of the most frequently deliv- ered modalities of medical ...that acupuncture could be employed as a useful part of treatments in several clin- ical situations ...then, ... See full document

... both acupuncture and counseling groups, we will measure the patient’s perception of the practitioners’ empathy using the Consultational and Re- lational Empathy (CARE) measure at 3 months, which we have tested ... See full document

... The Udvalg for Kliniske Undersøgelser (UKU) Side Effect Rating Scale [51] is used for registration of side effects. UKU is a clinician-rated scale with well-defined and operationalized items to assess the side ... See full document

... Basic acupuncture; CES-D: Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression; CONSORT: Consolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials; CRC: Clinical research coordinator; CRF: Case report form; DMC: Data Monitoring ... See full document

... Pharmacological treatment continues to be the chief treatment option; in this respect, an important role is played by tricyclic antidepressants, which have a direct effect on the reuptake of serotonin and ... See full document

... pooled acupuncture groups and waiting list control group to figure out whether acupuncture is more effective for this ...pooled acupuncture groups and sham acupuncture group to find out ... See full document

... The trial protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (Project 120097, May 4, ...the Study finds that it is indeed more beneficial, then at study ... See full document

... that acupuncture can have effect in the treatment of colic, as acupuncture releases different neu- rotransmitters and hormones, has both calming and an- algesic effects, and affects digestion ... See full document

... A multicenter randomized controlled trial will be performed in seven ...with acupuncture while the control group is treated with Western ...6-week treatment and a 3-month ...and ... See full document

... is insomnia [5]. Insomnia is characterized by difficulty in falling asleep and staying asleep, early morning awakening, and nonrestorative ...for insomnia are benzodiazepines, nonbenzo- diazepine ... See full document

... According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, De Qi, or the arrival of Qi, is pivotal for effective acu- puncture therapy, which may alleviate the pain by elim- inating the obstruction to the flow of Qi. ... See full document

... Our study will be propa- gated by local newspapers, health-related TV programs, the internet, and posters in communities and ...with study coordinators to discuss the study and provide information ... See full document

... the treatment of neurological diseases in China, its efficacy has attracted the interests of western medicine only in recent years [17] and several randomized controlled trials have been conducted to ... See full document

... the study will be recruited through the outpatient clinic, hospital-based Wechat advertising, and posters in Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai, ...the study will be ... See full document