The Effectiveness of Pharmacopuncture on Psychological Stress

Jaseng Medical Foundation50 enrolled

Overview

This study is a double blind, randomized controlled trail. Condition/disease: Psychological Stress treatment Intervention:Pharmacopuncture

"Pharmacopuncture is a treatment that combines 2 of the most frequented Korean medicine treatment methods - traditional acupuncture and herbal medicine - by injecting herbal medicine extract at acupoints. This treatment is known to be an important part of Korean medicine treatment. However, there has been no specific value for the effect of this treatment. Therefore, the investigators are going to conduct a practical randomized controlled trials to verify the efficacy and safety of Pharmacopuncture on Psychological Stress. From October 2023 to December 2024, the investigators are going to collect 50 inpatients who are suffering from Psychological Stress with the HADS-A(Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-anxiety) or HADS-D(Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression) over 8 after injury by traffic accident(TA). For experimental group(n=25), the investigators will conduct Pharamacopuncture on 5 mandatory acupoints and 3 additional acupoints if needed durling the hospitalization and other Korean medical treatment. For control group(n=25), just Korean medical treatment except Pharamacopuncture on mandatory acupoints and additional acupoints will be conducted. For these two groups, the investigators will compare Psychological stress intensity scale: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), NRS of Anxiety, NRS of Depression, NRS of Physical pain, Sleeping disorder intensity scale: Korean version of the Insomnia Severity Index(ISI-K), subjective stress scale caused by traumatic events: Revised Version of the Impact of Event Scale of Korea(IES-R-K), EuroQol 5-Dimension (EQ-5D-5L) and Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC)."

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Psychological Stress

Interventions

PharmacopuncturePROCEDURE

Pharmacopuncture is a treatment that combines 2 of the most frequented Korean medicine treatment methods - traditional acupuncture and herbal medicine - by injecting herbal medicine extract at acupoints.

Korean medical treatmentPROCEDURE

acupuncture treatment, chuna, pharmacoacupuncture, Korean herbal medicine

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 YearsMax age: 69 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 19-69 years on the date they sign the consent form. * Patients who are suffered by Psychological Stress that occurred within 3 days after traffic accident. * Patients who are hospitalized due to traffic accident. * Patients with HADS-A ≥ 8 or HADS-D ≥ 8. * Patients who provide consent to participate in the trial and return the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with progressive neurological deficit or with serious neurological symptoms. * Patients with a specific serious disease that may interfere with the interpretation of the therapeutic effects or results: malignancy, spondylitis, inflammatory spondylitis, etc. * Patients who are taking steroids, immunosuppressants, mental illness drugs, or other drugs that may affect the results of the study. * Patients with medical history of brain disease or surgery due to trauma. * Patients who are addicted by drug or alcohol within the year. * If acupuncture is inadequate or unsafe: patients with hemorrhagic, receiving anticoagulants, severe diabetes and cardiovascular disease. * Patients who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant * Patients who are participated in clinical trials other than observational studies without therapeutic intervention. * Patients who are difficult to complete the research participation agreement * Other patients whose participation in the trial is judged by a researcher to be problematic

Locations (1)

Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine

Seoul, Gangnam-Gu, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HADS)

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale aims to measure symptoms of anxiety and depression. It is a self-rating scale developed to assess psychological distress in non-psychiatric patients. The HADS consists of 14 questions and each question is scored on a 4-point Likert scale(0=no problems, 3=severe problems) The odd numbers ask anxiety(HADS-A) and even number ask Depression(HADS-D). HADS-A (or HADS-D) cut-off score is 8 or above.

Time frame: Screeing day (day 1), Baseline (day2), Discharge 1 day, 15 days after admission day, 2 months after admission day

Secondary Outcomes

Korean version of the Insomnia Severity Index(IES-R-K)

IES-R-K is the Korean version of impact of event scale revised. It was designed as a measure of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and is a short, easily administered self-report questionnaire. It has 22 items and a cut-off score of 33 or above.

Time frame: Baseline (day2), Discharge 1 day, 15 days after admission day, 2 months after admission day

Korean version of the Insomnia Severity Index(ISI-K)

ISI-K is a Korean version of Insomnia Severity Index. It was designed as a brief screening tool for insomnia and has the seven-item questionnaire asks respondents to rate the nature and symptoms of their sleep problems using a Likert-type scale.

Time frame: Baseline (day2), Discharge 1 day, 15 days after admission day, 2 months after admission day

Numeric Rating Scale of Anxiety (NRS of Anxiety)

NRS is a pain scale in which the patient indicates their subjective pain as a whole number from 0 to 10. The participant is asked to report their Anxiety using NRS, where 0 indicates 'no pain or discomfort' and 10 indicates 'the most severe pain and discomfort imaginable'.

Time frame: From baseline(Day2) up to Discharge 1 day, 15 days after admission day, 2 months after admission day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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