Comparison of Acupuncture and Fluoxetine on Quality of Life in Menopausal Women

Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Quality of Life; Hot Flash

Treatments: Procedure: acupuncture; Drug: fluoxetine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02188225

GMU.REC.1393.56

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to comparison the effect of acupuncture and Fluoxetine on improvement quality of life among menopausal women.

Full description

This clinical trial is designed in two arm include acupuncture and fluoxetine group to evaluate the effect of these intervention on improvement quality of life among menopausal women.

Enrollment: 140 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Last menstrual cycle 12 months ago
• natural menopause
• 4 episodes of hot flash daily
• follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)= 30-110 IU/L , E2<18pg/ml
• thyroid-stimulating hormone(TSH)= 0.4-4/0 IU/ml
• No using of herbal agent for treatment of hot flash
• having score in Beck depression Inventory<10
• No existence of any medical problems and using drugs

Exclusion criteria

• Not completing all acupuncture sessions
• Not completing fluoxetine admission
• Withdraw the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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140 participants in 2 patient groups

Acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

12 sessions of acupuncture / 3 sessions weekly/ 20 minutes each session

Treatment:

Procedure: acupuncture

fluoxetine

Active Comparator group

Description:

10 mg daily

Treatment:

Drug: fluoxetine