Acupuncture for Dizziness and Vertigo in Emergency Department

China Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dizziness and Vertigo

Treatments: Other: Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06873217

CMUH113-REC1-066

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted at China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, between January 2019 and December 2023, with 345 patients diagnosed with dizziness and vertigo (ICD-10 codes R42 and H81). Patients received acupuncture in addition to standard Western medical care. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to assess symptom severity before and after the acupuncture intervention. Secondary analyses explored the influence of ICD-10 classification, gender, and seasonality on treatment outcomes.

Enrollment: 345 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients who were diagnosed as ICD number R42 and H81

Exclusion criteria

Patients who were not suitable to accept acupuncture or refused to accept acupuncture

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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345 participants in 1 patient group

Acupuncture + Western medical care Group

Experimental group

Description:

Once a patient with Vertigo and Dizziness came to the emergency department, emergency physicians ask if they were willing to accept acupuncture intervention in addition to the routine western medical care.

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture