Acceptability of an Acupuncture Intervention in Painful Elderly

NCT01043692 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2013-10-08

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Summary

The aim is to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of an acupuncture intervention on persistent MusculoSkeletar pain in a long-term geriatric hospital care ward population. The main issue is the acceptability of this type of complementary and alternative medicine in older people, although the efficacy on pain is assessed too.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Acupuncture

Acupuncture in the Treatment of MUSCULOSKELETAR Pain in Hospitalised Elderly

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondation de France

    collaborator OTHER
  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marie-France COUILLIOT · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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