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Auricular Acupuncture for Treatment of Preoperative Anxiety

NCT02656966 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2016-06-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In this prospective nonrandomized study the investigators are going to investigate whether auricular acupuncture with indwelling fixed needles is feasible for treatment of preoperative anxiety.

Patients, scheduled for ambulatory gynecologic surgery, will be asked, if they wish to receive auricular acupuncture (AA) against preoperative anxiety. The patients who will not wish AA, will be asked to take part in questioning (State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory (STAI) questionnaire) and will form the control group. The preoperative anxiety using STAI, as well as the duration and quality of sleep on the night before surgery, the incidence of side effects, blood pressure and heart rate will be the outcome measures in this study.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Auricular acupuncture

Five ear acupuncture points: MA-IC, MA-TF1, MA-SC, MA-AT1 and MA-TG will be needled bilaterally in patients, who will wish to receive AA. Indwelling fixed "New Pyonex" needles (length: 1.5 mm, diameter: 0.22 mm; Seirin Corp., Shizuoka City, Japan) will be used for AA.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Medicine Greifswald

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-12-31
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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