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Acupoint Stimulation Improve Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients

NCT03726073 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 210

Last updated 2022-05-26

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Summary

Postoperative delirium is with increased incidence in elderly patients. Previous studies have shown that acupuncture related techniques could induce protection against brain ischemia and improve outcome after cerebral diseases. In this study the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation combined with auricular acupressure on postoperative delirium will be evaluated.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Complications
  • Postoperative Delirium

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcutaneous acupoint electrical acupoint stimulation(TEAS) and auricular acupressure

Bilaterally Hegu (LI4), Neiguan (PC6) and Zusanli (ST36) will be used as the TEAS acupoints. Six acupoints (Shenmen, Point Zero, subcortex, heart, liver, and endocrine) located on ears will be used as the auricular acupressure points.

OTHER

Usual care

Patients in this group only receive usual care developed by the study hospital

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Air Force Military Medical University, China

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Zhihong Lu · Xijing Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-17
Primary Completion
2020-03-10
Completion
2020-04-10

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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