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Acupuncture for Acute and Chronic Pain in Air Force Personnel

NCT00286390 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2007-09-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this project is to conduct a scientifically rigorous investigation of the clinical outcomes, quality of life, and cost associated with the delivery of acupuncture in the treatment of acute and chronic pain in patients at Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Andrews Air Force Base.

The specific aims of this study are to:

1. Gather outcomes and patient satisfaction data on patients receiving acupuncture treatment for acute and chronic pain.
2. Perform an analysis of costs, including any system cost savings, associated with providing acupuncture services to pain patients.
3. Serve as a model to expand the project to Scott AFB and Travis AFB as per the request of the Air Mobility Command Surgeon General. (AMC/SG).

Conditions

  • Acute Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Department of Defense

    collaborator FED

  • Samueli Institute for Information Biology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • COL Richard C Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH · United States Air Force

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Completion
2006-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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