Manual Acupuncture Using Acupuncture Needle vs Press Needle for COVID-19 Healthcare Anxiety

University of Indonesia (UI)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety

Treatments: Procedure: Manual Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04860271

20-12-1513

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study would like to compare manual acupunture treatment for anxiety in COVID Health workers population in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital using filiform needles and press needle.

Full description

This study wanted to know would press needle be having better outcome for anxiety treatment, compared with filiform needles, because press needle taken home and could be manipulated as needed at home, unlike filiform needle where an acupuncturist must be available to do the treatment. Furthermore, the press needle needed to be changed once within 5 days, that is 2-3 times in week. So we hope to have better acupuncture option (in effectivity and timewise) for COVID healthcare workers anxiety treatment. There are no study to compare the usage of the two types of needles for anxiety treatment to date.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COVID-19 health workers.
• Rapid test COVID-19 t or PCR swab non reactive within 7 days before intervention
• HAM-A score below 25
• Could still do daily activities
• Willing to enroll this study and sign the informed consent
• Willing to comply with the study procedure

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindicated for acupuncture : having medical emergencies, pregnancy, blood clotting issue, uncontrolled diabetic mellitus, fever.
• Having acupunture treatment within 7 days prior to study intervention
• Having tumor or infection at the pucture site
• Cognitive or consciouseness impairment
• Having anxiety therapy with a psychiatrist

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

Filiform Needle

Active Comparator group

Description:

Respondent are health workers that is having mild to moderate anxiety symptoms, with Hamilton Anxiety Scale less than 25. This arm will receive 6 acupuncture treatment within 2 weeks, and will be taken outcome measurements 4 times, that is before the first treatment, after the third treatment, after the sixth treatment and at 2 weeks after the sixth treatment.

Treatment:

Procedure: Manual Acupuncture

Press Needle

Active Comparator group

Description:

Respondent are health workers that is having mild to moderate anxiety symptoms, with Hamilton Anxiety Scale less than 25. This arm will receive 3 acupuncture treatment within 2 weeks, and will be taken outcome measurements 4 times, that is before the first needle placement, after replacing the first sets of needles, after removing the third sets of needles and at 2 weeks after removing the third sets of needle.

Treatment:

Procedure: Manual Acupuncture