Electroacupuncture and Trancutaneous Electrical Nervous Stimulation (TENS) for Colonoscopy Analgesia

Azienda Per I Servizi Sanitari N. 2 Isontina

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Other: Transcutaneous electrical stimulation; Other: Control; Other: Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01247935

34115/14

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the effectiveness of acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nervous stimulation (TENS) in reducing patient's discomfort during colonoscopy

Full description

Evaluation patient's pain and discomfort during colonoscopy, using two non invasive analgesic methods.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all patients scheduled for colonoscopy and in whom deep sedation was not planned will be included in the study

Exclusion criteria

• age > 80 and less than 18 years old, severe cardiac or pulmonary disease, anticoagulant, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, opiates therapies, severe cognitive impairment, uncontrolled hypertension.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

Electrostimulation at 5 Hz in GI4, ST36, MP6, MP9 starting 20 minutes before colonoscopy

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture

transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Electrostimulation at 5 Hz in GI4, ST36, MP6, MP9 starting 20 minutes before colonoscopy

Treatment:

Other: Transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

patient are monitored for pain and discomfort

Treatment:

Other: Control