Effects of auricular acupressure on depression in stroke patients: a pilot single-blind randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- post-stroke depression
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2000004051
- Lead Sponsor
- Zhejiang provincial People's Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
(1) Clear consciousness and good cooperation;
(2) older than 18 but younger than 75 years;
(3) a score of 17 or higher on the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD-17);
(4) diagnosed with PSD by the diagnostic criteria for depression of Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria for Mental Disorders (3rd edition, CCMD-3);
(5) junior high school education or above;
(6) not receiving alternative and complementary medicines during the last 48 hours before the intervention;
(7) not taking any antidepressants in the 2 weeks before admission; and
(8) no history of mental illness and insomnia.
(1) Severe cognitive dysfunction;
(2) dysphasia or aphasia;
(3) serious dysfunction of important organs like heart, lung, liver and kidney;
(4) presence of another chronic disorder, including severe Parkinson's disease, cancer, epilepsy, or chronic alcoholism;
(5) having eczema, ulcer and frostbite in the external ear; and
(6) refusing to complete the intervention session.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hamilton Depression Scale;quality of life;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method