The Effects of Self-Moxibustion Therapy on Subjective Physical Symptoms and Health-related Quality of Life of the Elderly. The Effects of Self-Moxibustion Therapy (moxa)

Pusan National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Health Improvement of the Elderly

Treatments: Other: moxibustion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01804569

moxa201097603

Details and patient eligibility

About

There will be significant differences between control and experimental group after the moxibustion intervention as to, subjective physical symptoms and quality of life.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female older adults age between 65-85
• Agree to participate and sign for the trail after understanding of study purpose, and method.
• Able to answer for questions by verbally or literally
• Able to participate in 2weeks after follow-up

Exclusion criteria

• Having physical disorder such as thyroids, severe heart disease, dietetic mellitus, severe liver disease, allergy
• Subjects who can not attend more than 3 times of intervention session
• Subjects who are eligible by the decision of investigator

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 1 patient group

moxa

Experimental group

Description:

moxibustion treatment 3 times a week for 3 weeks

Treatment:

Other: moxibustion