An interventional study of Auricular pressure in Conditions:Effectiveness of Auricular Acupressure on the Methadone Patient, sponsored by National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences. Completed at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-22.
Sponsored by National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
This study aims to investigate the effect of auricular point sticking on constipation in patients with methadone
This study is a randomized controlled trial, taking 72 methadone constipation patients from a hospital in the north as objects, and divided them into an auricular point group and a control group. The experimental group was given auricular point sticking, while the control group only used sticking cloth. The two groups were measured for constipation, TCM constitution, anxiety, depression and quality of life before the intervention and 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 6 weeks after the start.
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Experimental Group A total of 36 methadone patients will receive auricular pressure
Other: Auricular pressure
Control group 36 bits No interventions implemented
The seeds of blancia blanc were fixed on the acupoints with patches. The intervention measure in the experimental group was auricular point sticking. The two groups received four measurements before the intervention and 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 6 weeks after the start; while the control group received no Auricular pressure.
The effect of constipation after auricular acupressure
There were significant between-group differences in Bristol Stool Type at Weeks 2, 4, and 6 between the two groups (p= .003, p \< .001, p \< .001, respectively). The distribution of Bristol Stool Types in the second week, the fourth week, and the sixth week of the above-mentioned auricular point sticking intervention in the two groups all had statistically significant differences.
Time frame: six weeks
The effect of TCM constitution after the intervention of auricular acupressure
The total score of the experimental group in the 2nd week and the 6th week was damp and hot (p \< .05); the experimental group had a significant difference in the decrease of the total score of the qi stagnation in the 4th week and the 6th week (p \< .05).
Time frame: six weeks
The effect of intervention on depression and anxiety after auricular acupressure
There was no significant difference in the scores of the Bayesian Anxiety Scale and depression between the experimental group and the control group at the 2nd week, 4th week and 6th week (p \> .05).
Time frame: six weeks
Effect of Interventional Auricular Acupressure on Quality of Life for Constipation
There were significant differences in the decrease of the total score of the experimental group in the 2nd week, 4th week and 6th week (p \< .05, p \< .001, p \< .001 respectively)
Time frame: six weeks
Plan to share: No
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