Psychological Outcomes From a Study of Acupuncture Treatment on Experimentally Primary Dysmenorrhea
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Visual Analogue Scale for pain intensity of primary dysmenorrhea
研究概览
简要总结
The objective of this study is to evaluate the associations between deqi, the effects of acupuncture and personality in primary dysmenorrhea and to characterize the nature of the deqi phenomenon on terms of the prevalence of sensations as well as the uniqueness of the sensations underlying the deqi experiment.
详细描述
The mechanism, by which acupuncture works is not yet clear, therefore there is no unequivocal consensus about styles and sensations of acupuncture. whether psychological factor has influences on the effects of acupuncture? This study will adopt international practices such as visual analogue scale (VAS) to objective evaluation. The confident degree, feeling degree for acupuncture and pain intensity were evaluated by the patient with VAS, and the pain VAS scores before and after acupuncture were recorded as the indexes for assessment of the therapeutic effect.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 30 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Female, age between 18 and 30 years old, who had regular menstrual cycles (28-33 days);
- •Meeting diagnostic criteria for primary dysmenorrhea, having moderate to severe symptoms when unmedicated, and eligible for care through the military health system.
排除标准
- •Secondary dysmenorrhea;
- •Women with systemic disease, or hormonal, psychiatric or gynecologic disorders, or substance abuse;
- •Pregnant or trying to conceive, using oral contraceptives, smoker, breast-feeding.
结局指标
主要结局
Visual Analogue Scale for pain intensity of primary dysmenorrhea
时间窗: 90 days after onset
次要结局
- average duration (hours) of pain(90 days after onset)