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Quality of Life and Acupuncture on Chronic Pain: A Randomized Study Before and After Performing

NCT01651338 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2012-07-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Chronic pains can affect the life quality. This study has performed in the first time in Mashhad.The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of acupuncture on the life quality of 150 patients who suffered from chronic pain. Some people like performing acupuncture because they believed it's free of risks and beneficial.

In order to achieve this purpose, we had examined the life quality of the patients before and after acupuncture. This study was randomly performed on 150 patients aged between 17-75. They were suffering from chronic pain.

The questionnaire is based on WHO QOL. The questionnaires were filled out once before acupuncture and once 12 weeks after it.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

acupuncture

The patients went through acupuncture for 8 -10 sessions and either once or two times a week. The number and the place of needles were 8 -12 for each patient which were located on the right place.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shahinfar medical university Fathi Najafi, phD student · IAUM

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
17 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-08-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • Iran

Study Locations

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Diseases

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