Battle Field (Ear) Acupuncture as an adjunct to treat pain of the abdomen, limb trauma and lower back in the emergency department - a pilot study.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: abdominal pain; limb trauma pain; low back pain; Emergency medicine - Other emergency care; Anaesthesiology - Pain management

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000051145
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Notre Dame Australia (Fremantle)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-01-15
• Study Completion: 2019-08-27
• Last Update Posted: 26 April 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Patients attending the emergency department with acute pain (a NPRS-10 greater than or equal to 4 at rest) of the: lower back, abdominal condition, or limb trauma, triage categories 3-5

Exclusion Criteria

•Triage category 1 or 2
•Unable to comprehend consent due to a barrier in language (eg failure to access a quality translator) or cognition
•Immediate medical intervention required
•Pregnant
•Chronic pain (defined as on opioids and or pain is greater than 6 weeks’ duration)
•Chest pain
•Immune deficiency
•On anticoagulants such as warfarin, novel anticoagulants e.g. apixaban, dabigatran, rivaroxaban and anti-platelet agents clopidogrel, ticagrelor and prasugrel. Those on aspirin however, can be included.
•Artificial heart valve
•Permanent pacemaker
•Needle phobia
•Allergy to gold or tapes
•Known blood borne pathogen eg HIV, Hep C and Hep B antigen positive.
•Recent ear infection or trauma
•Deafness or uses hearing aids

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The mean numerical pain rating scale out of 10 (NPRS-10) at rest for the three groups will be compared.[Triage, Post tapes (i.e. immediately post intervention /sham /tapes only for SAC), 1 and 2 hours post-intervention.]