Trial reportComplementary therapies in clinical practice2010
The relationship between perceived stress, acupuncture, and pregnancy rates among IVF patients: a pilot study.
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- Different effectiveness of acupuncture treatment schedule on ART pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- An Overview of Systematic Reviews of Acupuncture for Infertile Women UndergoingFrontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- The effects of acupuncture on pregnancy outcomes of in vitro fertilization: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Whole systems traditional Chinese medicine utilization among women undergoing frozen embryo transfers at an academic fertility center.F&S reports · 2026Article
- The influence of assisted reproductive technologies-related stressors and social support on perceived stress and depression.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Acupuncture for perceived stress in pregnant women: an intervention study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2022Article
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- Acupuncture and Laser Acupuncture as Treatments for Emotional Distress in Infertile Women in Japan.Medical acupuncture · 2019Article
- Acupuncture Enhances Chances of Pregnancy in Unexplained Infertile Patients Who Undergo A Blastocyst Transfer in A Fresh-Cycle.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2019Article
- Positive Effect of Acupuncture and Cupping in Infertility Treatment.Medical acupuncture · 2018Article
- Effects of Acupuncture on the Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technology: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Review
- Effects of a Delphi consensus acupuncture treatment protocol on the levels of stress and vascular tone in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization: a randomized clinical trial protocol.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Article
- Sleep in women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a pilot study.Sleep medicine · 2017Article
- Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology: clinical implications.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2017Review
- Impact of whole systems traditional Chinese medicine on in-vitro fertilization outcomes.Reproductive biomedicine online · 2015Article
- Perceptions among infertile couples of lifestyle behaviors and in vitro fertilization (IVF) success.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2014Article
- Acupuncture and women's health: an overview of the role of acupuncture and its clinical management in women's reproductive health.International journal of women's health · 2014Review
- The effect of complementary and alternative medicine on subfertile women with in vitro fertilization.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014Article
- Survey of the situation of infertile women seeking in vitro fertilization treatment in China.BioMed research international · 2013Article
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Abstract
unlabelledThe aim of this paper was to determine the effect of acupuncture on perceived stress levels in women on the day of embryo transfer (ET), and to determine if perceived stress levels at embryo transfer correlated with pregnancy rates. The study was an observational, prospective, cohort study based at the University IVF center. PATIENT(S): 57 infertile patients undergoing IVF or IVF/ICSI. INTERVENTIONS(S): Patients were undergoing Embryo Transfer with or without acupuncture as part of their standard clinical care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Perceive Stress Scale scores, pregnancy rates. RESULT(S): women who received this acupuncture regimen achieved pregnancy 64.7%, whereas those without acupuncture achieved pregnancy 42.5%. When stratified by donor recipient status, only non-donor recipients potentially had an improvement with acupuncture (35.5% without acupuncture vs. 55.6% with acupuncture). Those who received this acupuncture regimen had lower stress scores both pre-ET and post-ET compared to those who did not. Those with decreased their perceived stress scores compared to baseline had higher pregnancy rates than those who did not demonstrate this decrease, regardless of acupuncture status. CONCLUSIONS(S): The acupuncture regimen was associated with less stress both before and after embryo transfer, and it possibly improved pregnancy rates. Lower perceived stress at the time of embryo transfer may play a role in an improved pregnancy rate.
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