Acupuncture for Dizziness and Vertigo in Emergency Department

NCT06873217 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CMUH113-REC1-066
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 345
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study was conducted at China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, between January 2019 and December 2023, with 345 patients diagnosed with dizziness and vertigo (ICD-10 codes R42 and H81). Patients received acupuncture in addition to standard Western medical care. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to assess symptom severity before and after the acupuncture intervention. Secondary analyses explored the influence of ICD-10 classification, gender, and seasonality on treatment outcomes.

Conditions

Dizziness and Vertigo

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) change

  The primary outcome in this study was the difference of Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) before and after intervention, aiming to assess if patient's condition got better after acupuncture. VAS is one of the pain rating scales, with the minimum value 0 and the maximum value 10, used for the first time in 1921 by Hayes and Patterson. From the patient's perspective, this spectrum appears continuous; their pain does not take discrete jumps, as a categorization of none, mild, moderate and severe would suggest. It was to capture this idea of an underlying continuum that the VAS was devised.

  30 minutes

Study Arms (1)

Acupuncture + Western medical care Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Once a patient with Vertigo and Dizziness came to the emergency department, emergency physicians ask if they were willing to accept acupuncture intervention in addition to the routine western medical care.

Other: Acupuncture

Interventions

Acupuncture OTHER

Once a patient with Vertigo and Dizziness came to the emergency department, emergency physicians ask if they were willing to accept acupuncture intervention in addition to the routine western medical care.

Acupuncture + Western medical care Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients who were diagnosed as ICD number R42 and H81

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who were not suitable to accept acupuncture or refused to accept acupuncture

Sponsors & Collaborators

• China Medical University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

China Medical University

Taichung, 404, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dizziness; Vertigo

Interventions

Acupuncture Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sensation Disorders; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Vestibular Diseases; Labyrinth Diseases; Ear Diseases; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of Department of Acupuncture

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 2, 2025
• First Posted: March 12, 2025
• Study Start: January 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2023
• Study Completion: December 31, 2023
• Last Updated: March 12, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Locations

TW (1)