Effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation at Baihui (GV20) for patients with subjective cognitive decline: a clinical trial
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Subjective Cognitive Decline
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2200006724
- Lead Sponsor
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
1. Meeting the diagnostic criteria for SCD
2. Aged between 55 and 75 years
3. Chinese is the mother tongue, education level is more than 6 years, amd Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) score >24
4. Can answer and complete the questionnaire smoothly
Exclusion Criteria
1. History of psychiatry (eg, bipolar, schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression)
2. History of drug abuse
3. History of a positive neurological diagnosis that could lead to cognitive decline (eg, VCIND, brain tumor, Parkinson's)
4. Presence of serious disease (eg, cancer, infection)
5. Received acupuncture or TEAS treatment in the past 1 month
6. With pacemaker
7. With scars or wounds on the skin of the acupoints
8. Enrolled in other trails in the past 1 month
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method mini-mental state examination, MMSE;shape trailing test A-B, STT A-B;subjective cognitive decline questionnaire, SCD-Q;auditory verbal learning test-Huashan version, AVLT-H;animal fluency test, AFT;Boston naming test, BNT;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hamilton anxiety scale, HAMA;functional activities questionnaire, FAQ);Hamilton depression scale, HAMD;