ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012
Acupuncture in the inpatient acute care setting: a pragmatic, randomized control trial.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
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- The State of 21st Century Acupuncture in the United States.Journal of pain research · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of Measures Utilized to Assess Patient Satisfaction with Acupuncture Treatments Within Randomized Controlled Trials.Medical acupuncture · 2022Article
- Integration of Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) Students in a Trauma Center's Acute Pain Service: In-Person and Remote Training and Patient Care.Medical acupuncture · 2022Article
- Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health Commentary to Health and Human Services (HHS) on Inter-agency Task Force Pain Management Best Practices Draft Report.Global advances in health and medicine · 2019Article
- Cost Savings from Reducing Pain Through the Delivery of Integrative Medicine Program to Hospitalized Patients.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2018Article
- Analysis and Thoughts about the Negative Results of International Clinical Trials on Acupuncture.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Review
- Specific neuroprotective effects of manual stimulation of real acupoints versus non-acupoints in rats after middle cerebral artery occlusion.African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM · 2013Article
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Abstract
Purpose. To evaluate the acceptance and effectiveness of acupuncture in a hospital setting. Methods. This 18-month pragmatic randomized controlled trial used a two-tiered consent process for all patients admitted to the acute care unit by study physician groups. The primary study comparison was between those randomized (using biased-coin randomization after initial consent) to be offered acupuncture or not. The primary outcome was length of stay (LOS). Other measures include costs, self-reported anxiety, depression, health status, and patient satisfaction. Results. Of the 383 patients consented to the study, 253 were randomized to be offered acupuncture, and 130 were not offered acupuncture. Of those offered acupuncture, 173 (69%) accepted and received daily acupuncture. On average, patients offered acupuncture had longer LOSs (4.9 versus 4.1 days) than those not offered acupuncture (P = .047). Adjustment for diagnosis and severity mix reduced this difference and its significance (P = .108). No other significant differences in outcomes were found. Patients who were more anxious (P = .000) or depressed (P = .017) at admission tended to more often accept acupuncture when offered. Conclusion. Acupuncture is accepted by a majority of hospitalized acute care patients. However, it did not reduce LOS in this already short-stay population.
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