The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of East-West collaborative medicine on chronic cervical pain.
Design: This is a randomized, controlled study. Participants: 45 participants with chronic cervical pain are recruited and randomly assigned to three groups. Intervention: Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
45
Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks
Kyunghee University East West Neo Medical Center
Seoul, South Korea
RECRUITINGPain Scores on the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)
Time frame: 7 week
Neck disability index
Neck disability index : questionnaire for measuring how much neck pain affects ability of daily activities
Time frame: 7 week
Beck depression inventory
Beck depression inventory : for assessing depression
Time frame: 7 week
SF-36
questionnaire for measuring health-related quality of life
Time frame: 7 week
EQ-5D(EuroQol-5 dimension)
questionnaire for measuring health-related quality of life
Time frame: 7 week
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