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Auricular Acupuncture for Exam Anxiety in Medical Students

NCT02920164 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2016-09-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Title of the study: Auricular acupuncture (AA) for pre-exam anxiety: A blinded randomized crossover study on healthy volunteers

Study period: 04/2012 - 07/2012

Institution: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine University Medicine of Greifswald

Aim of the study: To investigate the anxiolytic effect of auricular acupuncture (AA) in comparison to placebo acupuncture and no intervention during oral exams in anatomy at the University of Greifswald

Design: Prospective blinded randomized crossover trial

Intervention:

1. AA using indwelling fixed needles, retained 24 h in situ
2. AA using placebo needles

Number of volunteers: N = 40

Outcome measures: Anxiety level, Heart rate, blood pressure.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Auricular acupuncture

Auricular acupuncture with indwelling permanent needles

DEVICE

Placebo acupuncture

Placebo acupuncture with placebo needles

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Medicine Greifswald

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Taras Usichenko, MD, PhD · University Medicine of Greifswald

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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