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Examining the Effect of Acupuncture on Sleep Difficulties Related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

NCT00868517 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2015-04-28

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Summary

The purpose of this study was to examine if group ear acupuncture improves Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder sleep difficulties among veterans who participated in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. This study also examined the degree of veteran acceptance for a group ear acupuncture procedure.

Conditions

  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

True group auricular acupuncture

Received true group auricular acupuncture

OTHER

Sham group auricular acupuncture

Received sham auricular acupuncture.

OTHER

Wait-List Control Group

Received conventional care only. Eligible to receive true group auricular acupuncture once study period completed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle Kennedy Prisco, MSN BC-ANP · Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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