acupuncture in elders with depressio
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F328- Other depressive episodes
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/05/067833
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Steffi Krishnamurthy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Geriatric Depression Scale Score above 10,
with at least one life event from presumptive stressful life events scale,
patients who are willing to participate in study with informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
GDS score less than 10.
Needle phobia. No score from PSLES. Uncooperative patients. Critically ill patients. Patients under anti-depressants and tranquilizers. Any other psychiatric illness. Participants with skin lesions, open wounds, scalds, burns on ghost points areas
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assessment of GDS-Geriatric Depression Scale, CFFF- Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency, VRT & ART- Visual and Auditory Reaction TimeTimepoint: Base line and 12th week
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assessment of WHOQOL-BREF – World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire.Timepoint: Base line and 12th week