Acceptability of an acupuncture intervention for geriatric chronic pain: an open pilot study
| Autor: | Eric Vicaut, Marie-France Couilliot, Maud Carcaillé, Gérard Delahaye, Bruno Tenenbaum, Véronique Darees, Pavla Vytopilova, Philippe Ercolano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty MEDLINE Acupuncture Therapy Pilot Projects law.invention Randomized controlled trial Quality of life law Intervention (counseling) medicine Acupuncture Humans Aged Geriatrics Aged 80 and over business.industry Chronic pain General Medicine Pain scale medicine.disease Physical therapy Quality of Life Female Chronic Pain business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of integrative medicine. 11(1) |
| ISSN: | 2095-4964 0104-3692 |
| Popis: | This study investigated the acceptability and effectiveness of acupuncture for persistent musculoskeletal pain in the elderly and assessed the conditions for a future controlled trial.A total of 60 patients, hospitalized in a geriatric hospital were enrolled. The intervention consisted of eight acupuncture sessions. The main outcome was the patient's participation rate. Regarding pain, the evaluation was based on pre- and post-treatment variations. As a high proportion of the patients had cognitive impairment, the behavioral pain scale DOLOPLUS-2 was chosen although self evaluation was used wherever possible.The mean age of the patients was 83 years. The acceptance rate was very high (89.6%) and 90% of the patients completed the entire course of treatment. After five weeks, the mean DOLOPLUS score had decreased significantly (P0.01). The patients reported improved sleep quality and a reduction in their anxiety symptoms. Furthermore, caregivers noticed a decrease in patient aggressiveness making care easier.Our results suggest that acupuncture is highly acceptable and could be very useful in the management of chronic pain when performed in very old frail people with chronic physical and mental disability. TRIAL REGISTRATION IDENTIFIER: NCT01043692 ClinicalTrials.gov. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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