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

NCT01651338 | Terminated Phase 2 DMC

• 2 other identifiers: accupunctureiaum
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 150
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Keywords

Acupuncture; quality of life

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• quality of life improvement

  up to 3 months

Study Arms (1)

accupuncture,

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Procedure: acupuncture

Interventions

acupuncture PROCEDURE

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.

accupuncture,

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 17 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• tacking pain relief
• pregnant women

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj: lead

Study Sites (1)

Dr sadre Nabavi clinic

Mashhad, Khorasane Razavi, Iran

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Interventions

Acupuncture Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics

Study Officials

• Shahinfar medical university Fathi Najafi, phD student

  IAUM

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 17, 2012
• First Posted: July 27, 2012
• Study Start: January 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2009
• Study Completion: January 1, 2010
• Last Updated: July 27, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-07

Locations

IR (1)