Acceptability of an Acupuncture Intervention in Painful Elderly
ACUPUNCTURE
Acceptability of a Strategy Including Acupuncture in the Treatment of MusculoSkeletal Pain in Hospitalised Elderly
1 other identifier
interventional
60
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The aim is to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of an acupuncture intervention on persistent MusculoSkeletar pain in a long-term geriatric hospital care ward population. The main issue is the acceptability of this type of complementary and alternative medicine in older people, although the efficacy on pain is assessed too.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable chronic-pain
Started Oct 2007
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
October 1, 2007
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 1, 2008
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2008
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 21, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 7, 2010
CompletedOctober 8, 2013
June 1, 2009
11 months
December 21, 2009
October 7, 2013
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Taux acceptability of the totality of treatment
6 months
Secondary Outcomes (5)
Participation rate
every visit
Motives behind the acceptance or rejection
at Visit 0 to 8
Pain decrease assessment : DOLOPLUS score (observer-assessed evaluation of pain) before/ater intervention, for all the patients Simple descriptive pain intensity scale (VS) (self assessment evaluation of pain) for communicative patients
at Visit 0, 6, 9, 10 and 11
Pain therapeutic's decrease
every visit
Patient's benefit - Carers satisfaction (questionnaire)
at Visit 0,6, 9, 10 and 11
Study Arms (1)
Acupuncture
EXPERIMENTALAcupuncture in the Treatment of MUSCULOSKELETAR Pain in Hospitalised Elderly
Interventions
Acupuncture in the Treatment of MUSCULOSKELETAR Pain in Hospitalised Elderly
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- age \> 60 years
- chronic musculoskeletal pain
- follow up 10 weeks
- patient or legal representative's agreement to participate and to the informatics treatment of the data
You may not qualify if:
- acute pain
- exclusive neurological pain
- coagulation disorders or anticoagulant curative treatment
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Parislead
- Fondation de Francecollaborator
Study Sites (1)
HOPITAL RENE MURET BIGOTTINI - Dpt Interhosp. Santé Pub.
Sevran, 93270, France
Related Publications (1)
Couilliot MF, Darees V, Delahaye G, Ercolano P, Carcaille M, Vytopilova P, Tenenbaum B, Vicaut E. Acceptability of an acupuncture intervention for geriatric chronic pain: an open pilot study. J Integr Med. 2013 Jan;11(1):26-31. doi: 10.3736/jintegrmed2013005.
PMID: 23464643RESULT
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Marie-France COUILLIOT
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 21, 2009
First Posted
January 7, 2010
Study Start
October 1, 2007
Primary Completion
September 1, 2008
Study Completion
December 1, 2008
Last Updated
October 8, 2013
Record last verified: 2009-06