The Effectiveness Of Auricular Acupressure On Body Weight Parameters On Patients With Schizophrenia

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Schizophrenia; Obesity

• Registration Number: NCT01167348
• Lead Sponsor: TsaoTun Psychiatric Center, Department of Health, Taiwan

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine whether auricular acupressure is effective in reducing body weight, waist circumference, or lipid profile.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-06
• Status Verified: 2010-07
• Study First Submitted: 2010-07-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-07-21
• Study First Posted: 2010-07-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-07-22
• Last Update Posted: 2010-07-23
• Primary Completion: 2010-08
• Study Completion: 2010-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 86

Inclusion Criteria

1. ICD:295,living in chronic ward for more than 2 month
2. Body Mass Index (BMI) >or=24
3. Age between 20 to 60
4. Psychotic status stable and can communicate

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unstable psychotic status
2. Participants who have endocrine disease
3. Participants who have cardiac disease
4. Participants who have immunological disease
5. Participants who have liver or renal function impairment
6. Pregnant woman or in milking stage
7. Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) stroke and disability
8. Participant who attends weight control programs in recent 3 months
9. Any conditions that clinical doctors refuse to let join in this study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Using Body weight scale (kilogram) and checking body weight for all participants	2 months	all participants are going to be measured body weight per week for 2 months.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
waist circumference	2 months	All participants are going to be measured waist circumference per week for 2 months.
Fat percentage by using bio-Impedance Analysis(Tanita-519 machine)	2 months	All participants will be measured fat percentage by BIA(Tanita-519) per 2 months.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tsao-Tun Psychiatric Center; 🇨🇳 Nan-Tou, Taiwan