Effects of Acupuncture for Pain Improvement and Quality of Life in Women with Fibromyalgia
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- FibromyalgiaC05.651.324
- Registration Number
- RBR-4ndjtp
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade do Sul de Santa Catarina
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Data analysis completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Be between 18 and 60 years of age; be female; have a clinical diagnosis of Fibromyalgia.
Exclusion Criteria
To present lesions, injuries and sensitivity impairment in the skin that makes it impossible to apply the modality; use topical medications in the region of the modality; presence of scars or prostheses in the place that could compromise the insertion of the needle.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in the level of pain in women diagnosed with fibromyalgia,<br>throughout the application of the study protocol, verified through the selection of the level selected by the research participant in the visual and analog pain scale, based on the analysis of the score indicated before and after the intervention.;Improvement in the quality of life of women diagnosed with fibromyalgia from pain reduction after the study protocol, verified by means of a questionnaire assessing the impact of fibromyalgia on quality of life, considering the data presented before and after the intervention.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in the quality of life from the improvement of the level of pain in women with fibromyalgia diagnosis, verified through the instruments of data collection for the studySecondary outcomes are not expected