Quality of Life and Acupuncture on Chronic Pain: A Randomized Study Before and After Performing

Islamic Azad University, Tehran

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Chronic Pain

Treatments: Procedure: acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01651338

iaum

accupuncture

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic pains can affect the life quality. This study has performed in the first time in Mashhad.The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of acupuncture on the life quality of 150 patients who suffered from chronic pain. Some people like performing acupuncture because they believed it's free of risks and beneficial.

In order to achieve this purpose, we had examined the life quality of the patients before and after acupuncture. This study was randomly performed on 150 patients aged between 17-75. They were suffering from chronic pain.

The questionnaire is based on WHO QOL. The questionnaires were filled out once before acupuncture and once 12 weeks after it.

Full description

This study was completed on time.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged between 17 - 75 years old,
• suffering from arthritis pains,
• migraine backaches,
• muscular spasms,
• pains in the neck, and in the knee
• duration of disease over 1 year

Exclusion criteria

• tacking pain relief
• pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 1 patient group

accupuncture,

Experimental group

Description:

The patients went through acupuncture for 8 -10 sessions and either once or two times a week. The number and the place of needles were 8 -12 for each patient which were located on the right place.

Treatment:

Procedure: acupuncture