[PDF] Top 20 Electroacupuncture for insomnia disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... Randomisation, allocation concealment, and blinding Subjects who meet the eligibility criteria will be ran- domly allocated to one of three groups in a 1:1:1 ratio through stratified block randomisation based on whether ... See full document

... This study protocol evaluates the effectiveness of adjuvant electroacupuncture (EA) for urinary retention in poststroke patients undergoing conventional treatments, in comparison with that of a sham ... See full document

... On the other hand, the therapeutic principle of treat- ment based on the phase of the menstrual cycle will be followed in this trial. In traditional Chinese Medicine, treatment based on syndrome differentiation is ... See full document

... [9–11], electroacupuncture (EA) increases abnormally low esophageal sphincter pressure (ESP) and reduces the frequency of transient lower esophageal reflux relaxations (TLESRs); in so doing, the treatment ... See full document

... sham electroacupuncture/moxibustion treatments, for a total of 20 sessions over 8 ...the Insomnia Severity Index, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the EuroQol 5-Dimension Index, the Measure Yourself ... See full document

... Data from the 12 hospitals will be pooled and the Clinical Evaluation Center of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing will conduct a statistical ana- lysis. According to the principle of intention-to-treat ... See full document

... ongoing study is a single-blind, single-center, parallel group, randomized controlled ...and randomized into either the EA group or the sham EA ... See full document

... the electroacupuncture group will receive electroacupuncture stimulation after baseline ...The electroacupuncture treatment is carried out by a Chinese Medicine Practitioner registered with the ... See full document

... Electroacupuncture (EA) is the application of electrical stimulation to acupuncture needles and has been widely practiced and has been indicated in some cases where treatment with traditional acupuncture (or ... See full document

... interplay of insertion depth, angle, and achievement of De Qi . Recently published trials in Germany show that acupuncture was no more effective than sham acupunc- ture for migraine, headache and knee osteoarthritis ... See full document

... This study consists of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two parallel arms: a control group and an EA ...within trial period ...the study, at the end of the fourth week, ... See full document

... The trial has an evaluator-blind, randomized, between-groups ...bipolar disorder in full or partial remission, aged 18 to 50 years, who report moderate to severe cognitive difficulties, are ...are ... See full document

... Patient characteristics will be recorded in CRFs, which will be stored in the researcher ’ s work office, and codes and initials will be used instead of the participants ’ infor- mation to protect the participants ’ ... See full document

... treatment trial lasts 6 ...be randomized to drug treatment will be determined at enrolment, before ...the study, the patient may leave the study at all times, as specified in the informed ... See full document

... the trial minimizes the risk of bias by the following methods: (1) It is designed as a multi-center, double-blinded ...pilot study [22], (3) The screening of partici- pants is performed strictly to ... See full document

... Due to the pain and functional limitations inherent to TMD, phototherapy has been investigated and has proven to be an important treatment option for this disorder [1, 4, 5, 7-9, 11, 13, 16, 17]. ... See full document

... in insomnia severity ranged from d = ...such study also provided effect sizes for improvements in several other sleep-related variables, including wake after sleep onset ( d = ...this study will test ... 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

... Efficacy analyses will be based on an intent-to-treat ap- proach, corresponding to the full-analysis set (FAS), com- prising all patients assigned to any treatment group and who have a valid baseline assessment of the ... See full document

... This study has been approved for human subject research by the Stanford University IRB (reference number 22436) and undergoes routine review and resubmissions to the appropriate ...This trial is registered ... See full document