The Effectiveness Of Auricular Acupressure On Body Weight Parameters On Patients With Schizophrenia

TsaoTun Psychiatric Center, Department of Health, Taiwan86 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to examine whether auricular acupressure is effective in reducing body weight, waist circumference, or lipid profile.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Schizophrenia Obesity

Interventions

auricular acupressurePROCEDURE

Investigator will put a tape with a 0.5mmx0.5mm seed on the specific positions on the ear of participants of intervention group, and participants will be asked to press these specific positions 3 times a day.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. ICD:295,living in chronic ward for more than 2 month 2. Body Mass Index (BMI) \>or=24 3. Age between 20 to 60 4. Psychotic status stable and can communicate Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unstable psychotic status 2. Participants who have endocrine disease 3. Participants who have cardiac disease 4. Participants who have immunological disease 5. Participants who have liver or renal function impairment 6. Pregnant woman or in milking stage 7. Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) stroke and disability 8. Participant who attends weight control programs in recent 3 months 9. Any conditions that clinical doctors refuse to let join in this study

Locations (1)

Tsao-Tun Psychiatric Center

Nantou City, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Using Body weight scale (kilogram) and checking body weight for all participants

all participants are going to be measured body weight per week for 2 months.

Time frame: 2 months

Secondary Outcomes

waist circumference

All participants are going to be measured waist circumference per week for 2 months.

Time frame: 2 months

Fat percentage by using bio-Impedance Analysis(Tanita-519 machine)

All participants will be measured fat percentage by BIA(Tanita-519) per 2 months.

Time frame: 2 months

Central Contacts

Han-Yi Ching, MD

CONTACT

886911587276 HYChing@mail.ttpc.doh.gov.tw

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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