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Auricular Acupressure for Perimenopausal Women With Anxiety

NCT01056458 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2010-05-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is expected to show auricular acupressure therapy help to improve the anxiety symptoms of perimenopausal and early postmenopausal women, looking forward to developing a convenient, safe and effective way to reduce the use of sedative hypnotics and their dependencies, thereby improving their quality of life.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

auricular acupressure

use the tape of ear adhesive beads on shenmen and subcortical area of both ears after three meals and before bed for three minutes each area with alternating ears, twice a week to replace paste.

OTHER

sham acupressure

use only tape without ear adhesive beads under the same ways

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • China Medical University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Chang-Hua Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Ching-Ling Kao, MD · Chang-Hua Hospital, Department of Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2011-01-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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Diseases

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