Effectiveness of Acupuncture Clinical Pathway (ACUPATHWAY)

Hospital Son Llatzer

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain; Shoulder Pain; Chronic Pain; Lumbar Back Pain; Cervicalgia; Headache; Osteoarthritis, Knee

Treatments: Procedure: Electroacupuncture

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04490798

ACUPATHWAY.R.1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will be described the development and implementation of the Clinical pathway (CPW) for acupuncture treatment in the management of patients with some chronic pain conditions. The effectiveness of this CPW will be explored in this study through retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes after administration of acupuncture treatment summarised in the guidelines.

Full description

This longitudinal, observational, retrospective study included adults (>18 years) with common chronic pain condition treated at the Son Llàtzer University Hospital Pain Clinic, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, from January 2015 to December 2018. All patients received treatment according to the Acupuncture Clinical Pathway developed. The primary outcome measures will be a change in pain intensity measured by VAS for pain at the completion of treatment. Number of responder patients, reduction of pain medication intake, improve of quality of live scale, sleep quality index and scale of anxiety and depression after treatment are also to be included in the study.

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of integrated a clinical pathway approach for chronic pain treatment with acupuncture in a Pain Clinic.

Enrollment: 3,245 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adult patients (>18 years) Acupuncture treatment for chronic pain (cervicalgia, low back pain, knee osteoarthritis, shoulder pain, headache or musculoskeletal pain), Applying Acupuncture treatment Clinical Pathway and completed at least 50% of the medical appointments.

Exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult patients (>18 years) Acupuncture treatment for chronic pain (cervicalgia, low back pain, knee osteoarthritis, shoulder pain, headache or musculoskeletal pain), Without applying Acupuncture treatment Clinical Pathway or not completed at least 50% of the medical appointments.

Trial design

3,245 participants in 6 patient groups

Lumbar back pain

Description:

Patients with lumbar back pain treated following the Acupuncture Treatment Clinic Pathway.

Treatment:

Procedure: Electroacupuncture

Musculoskeletal pain

Description:

Patients with musculoskeletal pain treated following the Acupuncture Treatment Clinic Pathway.

Treatment:

Procedure: Electroacupuncture

Cervicalgia

Description:

Patients with cervicalgia treated following the Acupuncture Treatment Clinic Pathway.

Treatment:

Procedure: Electroacupuncture

Knee osteoarthritis

Description:

Patients with knee osteoarthritis treated following the Acupuncture Treatment Clinic Pathway.

Treatment:

Procedure: Electroacupuncture

Headache

Description:

Patients with headache treated following the Acupuncture Treatment Clinic Pathway.

Treatment:

Procedure: Electroacupuncture

Shoulder pain

Description:

Patients with shoulder pain treated following the Acupuncture Treatment Clinic Pathway.

Treatment:

Procedure: Electroacupuncture