Acupuncture for Dyspepsia in Pregnancy: A Prospective, Randomised, Controlled Study
| Autor: | L. Kulay, José Antonio Cordeiro, Rassen Saidah, Mary Uchiyama Nakamura, João Bosco Guerreiro da Silva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Adult
Research design medicine.medical_specialty Acupuncture Therapy Alternative medicine law.invention Young Adult Randomized controlled trial Pregnancy law Rating scale medicine Acupuncture Humans Prospective Studies Dyspepsia Young adult Prospective cohort study business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Pregnancy Complications Treatment Outcome Complementary and alternative medicine Research Design Physical therapy Women's Health Female Neurology (clinical) business |
| Zdroj: | Acupuncture in Medicine. 27:50-53 |
| ISSN: | 1759-9873 0964-5284 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/aim.2009.000497 |
| Popis: | ObjectivesThis study was undertaken to describe under real-life conditions the effects of acupuncture on symptomatic dyspepsia during pregnancy and to compare this with a group of patients undergoing conventional treatment alone.MethodsA total of 42 conventionally treated pregnant women were allocated by chance into two groups to be treated, or not, by acupuncture. They reported the severity of symptoms and the disability these were causing in daily aspects of life such as sleeping and eating, using a numerical rating scale. The study also observed the use of medications.ResultsSix women dropped out (one in the acupuncture group and five in the control group). Significant improvements in symptoms were found in the study group. This group also used less medication and had a greater improvement in their disabilities when compared with the control group.ConclusionsThis study suggests that acupuncture may alleviate dyspepsia during pregnancy. |
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