Acupuncture for patients with multiple rib fractures after trauma

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with multiple rib fractures after trauma (two or more rib fractures)
2. Patients aged 19 to 80 years
3. Patients with spontaneous breathing
4. Patients without fever or infection
5. Patients who are conscious and can cooperate with researchers
6. Patients who are willing to participate in the study and who have provided written consent on their own or from their legal representatives
7. Patients who are able to respond to the study questionnaire on their own or with assistance.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with major accompanying underlying diseases (such as chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, cardiopulmonary insufficiency, diabetes mellitus with complications, or cardiac valve disease)
2. Patients with unstable vital signs at the time of screening (fever over 38.0 degrees, oxygen saturation less than 95% during oxygen application, dependence on mechanical respiration, etc.)
3. Patients with impairment of any body parts capable of acupuncture treatment
4. Patients with increased risk of bleeding at the site of acupuncture (warfarin users, blood coagulation disorder patients, etc.)
5. Patients with antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases
6. Patients with a history of allergy to stainless steel (metal)
7. Patients in whom acupuncture stimulation is inappropriate due to extensive skin disease
8. Patients in whom acupuncture stimulation is inappropriate due to systemic side effects caused by long-term administration of steroids
9. Patients who are discerned as inappropriate for the study intervention at the discretion of the medical staff
10. Patients who have undergone pacemaker implantation
11. Patients with a history of epilepsy.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational Study

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Trial participation proportion;Trial short-term completion proportion;Trial dropout proportion;Acceptability of trial acupuncture treatment;Treatment acceptance proportion

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain intensity numeric rating scale;Nausea-vomiting;Acupuncture treatment satisfaction;Quality of life;Use of medications;Patient global assessment;Adverse events;Pulmonary function test