Traditional Chinese Medicine for Complications in Critically Ill Patients

NCT05458687 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: CMUH111-REC3-064
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of Chinese medicine on common problems in intensive care units.

Conditions

Critically Ill Patients

Keywords

Traditional Chinese Medicine, intensive care,

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The main outcomes will be the incidence of arrhythmia, delirium, and poor digestion and the severity of pain.

  For delirium use the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) score of:0\~8. And Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) score of: -5\~+4. For pain use the Behavioral pain scale(BPS) score of:3\~12.

  ICDSC、RASS、BPS record by everyday.

Study Arms (2)

intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

* Chinese herbal medicine decoction. * Acupuncture or Laser acupuncture pen treatment. * Acupoint Tuina massage. * Acupoint application of traditional Chinese herbal medicinal cake. * Nursing and health education and guidance. * Diet and health education.

Other: Chinese herbal medicine decoction、Acupuncture or Laser acupuncture pen treatment、Acupoint Tuina massage、Acupoint application、Nursing/Diet and health education and guidance

control group

NO INTERVENTION

* Nursing and health education and guidance * Diet and health education

Interventions

Chinese herbal medicine decoction、Acupuncture or Laser acupuncture pen treatment、Acupoint Tuina massage、Acupoint application、Nursing/Diet and health education and guidance OTHER

* Chinese herbal medicine decoction: prescribed three times a day, seven days a week, and lasts for up to one weeks. * Acupuncture or Laser acupuncture pen treatment: twice a week, once for 20 minutes,up to a total of one week. * Acupoint Tuina massage: once a day for up to 20 minutes each time, for up to a week. * Acupoint application of traditional Chinese herbal medicinal cake: Apply warm navel ointment in our hospital to CV 4 (Guanyuan) point every day, and remove after getting up the next day, seven days a week for up to one week. * Nursing and health education and guidance: teach the patients and their family members the matters needing attention in daily life. * Diet and health education:give personalized Traditional Chinese Medicine diet guidance and recommendations in accordance with Traditional Chinese Medicine physique syndrome.

intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 90 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age 20-90
• newly intensive care unit admission (\<48 hours)
• Two or less inotropic medicine prescribed

You may not qualify if:

• Clinically unstable: receiving more than inotropic agents.
• Coagulopathy: Prolong Prothrombin Time、activated Partial Thromboplastin Time more than 4 times

Sponsors & Collaborators

• China Medical University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

China Medical University Hospital

Taichung, 404, Taiwan

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Counseling

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Health Services; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Central Study Contacts

Yu-Chen Lee, Ph.D.

CONTACT

886-4-22052121; d5167@mail.cmuh.org.tw

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 28, 2022
• First Posted: July 14, 2022
• Study Start: June 21, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 20, 2023
• Study Completion: June 20, 2023
• Last Updated: July 14, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-07

Locations

TW (1)