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

Phase 3TerminatedNCT01651338

Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj150 enrolled

Overview

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.

This study was completed on time.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

150

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Interventions

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.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 17 YearsMax age: 75 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 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 Exclusion Criteria: * tacking pain relief * pregnant women

Locations (1)

Dr sadre Nabavi clinic

Mashhad, Khorasane Razavi, Iran

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

quality of life improvement

Time frame: up to 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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