Measure the Meridian Energy Change of Terminal Hospice Patient Via Meridian Energy Analysis Device

Changhua Christian Medical Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alternative Medicine; Survival; Hospice; Skin Electric Conductance

Treatments: Behavioral: Infrared Lamp and Acupressure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03939221

CCH-181018

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the hospice ward, there are lots of suffered hospital patients with multiple physical discomfort related to terminal disease. Investigators want to use an objective measure instrument to monitor the effects of complementary and alternative medicine and clinical symptoms. First, investigators use the Meridian Energy Analysis Device (MEAD) to measure the bilateral 12 Yuan points (primary points) of terminal hospice patients. It provides the prediction value between terminal disease and the change of different meridian energy. Besides, the meridian energy value maybe predict the survival period. Then, the intervention of complementary and alternative medicine can also monitor via MEAD.

Full description

In the hospice ward, there are lots of suffered hospital patients with multiple physical discomfort related to terminal disease. It may be caused by cancer or multiple kinds of organ failure. The terminal hospital patients have symptoms such as pain, dyspnea, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, constipation, ileus or edema..., etc. Investigators want to use an objective measure instrument to monitor the effects of complementary and alternative medicine.

First, investigators use the Meridian Energy Analysis Device (MEAD) to measure the bilateral 12 Yuan points (primary points) of terminal hospice patients (divided to cancer, multiple kinds of organ failure). It provides the prediction value between terminal disease and the change of different meridian energy. Besides, the meridian energy value maybe predict the survival period. Then, investigators use the intervention of complementary and alternative medicine (like infrared lamp and acupressure..., etc.) to improve the quality of life in the terminal hospice patients. Also, investigators will use the Meridian Energy Analysis Device, pain scale, vital signs and quality of life scale (SF-36) to evaluate the effects of complementary and alternative medicine.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients lived at our Changhua Christian Hospital hospice ward
• From 2019-02~2020-12, age 20 to 99 years old, volunteer patient

Exclusion criteria

• Unwillingness
• Wound or amputation near wrist or ankle
• Severe agitation or seizure patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

200 participants in 1 patient group

intervention of infrared lamp and acupressure

Experimental group

Description:

Measure the ankle and wrist acupoints skin conductance to evaluate the basic condition of terminal hospice patients. Then investigators use the infrared lamp and acupressure(tender points, PC6(neiguan) and ST36(zusanli) for one minutes) for our patient for the cold limbs, pain control and constipation problems.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Infrared Lamp and Acupressure