Moxibustion Combined With Characteristic Lifestyle Intervention of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Abdominal Obesity: A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Summary

This study will investigate whether the combination of moxibustion and characteristic lifestyle intervention of TCM can alleviate the clinical symptoms and improve quality of life and mental health in patients with abdominal obesity. The results are expected to provide clinical evidence for the application of the combination of moxibustion and characteristic lifestyle intervention of TCM in patients with abdominal obesity.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

DEVICE

moxibustion combined with characteristic lifestyle intervention of traditional chinese medicine

1. The moxibustion acupoints will be selected as①zhongwan, guanyuan, shenque, and zusanli;②pishu,shenshu. Acupoints group①will be selected on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Acupoints group②will be selected on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.Moxibustion treatment will be applied once every day, 6 times per week, for 8 consecutive weeks. 2. Xiusheng decoction, traditional exercises, and modern lifestyle intervention will be combined as the characteristic lifestyle intervention method of TCM to help participants establish healthy living habits. The Xiusheng Decoction should be taken twice a day. Traditional exercises will be taken for 35\~40 minutes everyday, 7 times a week. The intervention of Xiusheng Decoction and traditional exercises will be conducted for 8 weeks. All patients will be instructed to follow a good living habits which will last 12 weeks including the treatment period of 8 weeks and the follow-up period of 4 weeks.

DEVICE

Moxibustion combined with lifestyle intervention.

1. The moxibustion acupoints will be selected as①zhongwan, guanyuan, shenque, and zusanli;②pishu,shenshu. Acupoints group①will be selected on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Acupoints group②will be selected on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.Moxibustion treatment will be applied once every day, 6 times per week, for 8 consecutive weeks. 2. All patients will be instructed to follow a good living habits including diet and exercise intervention which will last 12 weeks including the treatment period of 8 weeks and the follow-up period of 4 weeks.

DEVICE

lifestyle intervention

All patients will be instructed to follow a good living habits including diet and exercise intervention which will last 12 weeks including the treatment period of 8 weeks and the follow-up period of 4 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Shenzhen Bao'an Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Group

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Xiangyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hubei Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Zhongyu Zhou, Professor · Hubei Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

55 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-09-30

Primary Completion

2021-01-31

Completion

2022-01-31