Does ear acupuncture relieve pain and anxiety in emergency department patients?

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: wrist injury; hip injury; pain; anxiety; Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Anaesthesiology - Pain management

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000104055
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Kim Yates

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-02-02
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 138

Inclusion Criteria

Adults presenting to Emergency Medicine at either North Shore or Waitakere Hospital Emergency Care Centre with painful suspected hip fracture or lower arm injury.

Exclusion Criteria

Triage category 1
Inability to give informed consent
Bleeding disorder, coagulopathy or taking warfarin
Ipsilateral ear injury or skin infection
Known sticking plaster allergy
Staff feel patient too unwell to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
>20mm decrease in pain on 100mm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)[15-30 minutes after intervention];>20mm decrease in anxiety on 100mm VAS[15m-30m after intervention]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
patient satisfaction via short phone administered questionaire[7 days post discharge]