This is a randomized clinical research, with triple blinded multicenter involving the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, through the School of Nursing Anna Nery, as a proponent and research coordinator; and as a collaborative educational institutions, the Federal University of Espirito Santo, represented by the Department of Nursing; and the Higher School of Sciences of the Santa Casa de Misericordia de Vitoria, through the Master's Programme in Public Policy and Local Development. As Research, the study covers health units of the Municipal Family Health Maricá / Rio de Janeiro, the Municipal Victoria Health / Holy Spirit, beyond the scope of Integrated Project Research-Service (PIPA), linked to Nursing Anna Nery / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The object of investigation is the effectiveness of acupuncture in nursing care in complementary treatment of adult patients Diabetes Mellitus type II.
This study has the general objective to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture as a complementary treatment to medication used in patients with diabetes mellitus type II, based on the nursing diagnoses.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
132
Laser acupuncture
Claudia Dayube Pereira
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
RECRUITINGImprovement of blood postprandial glucose levels
Time frame: six week
Improvement of Nursing Diagnoses
Time frame: six week
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