ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2013
Acupuncture for Depression: Patterns of Diagnosis and Treatment within a Randomised Controlled Trial.
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- Acupuncture, counselling or usual care for depression and comorbid pain: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2014Trial
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- Acupuncture and counselling for depression in primary care: a randomised controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2013Trial
- Augmentation of Cancer Cachexia Components With Targeted Acupuncture in Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
- Electroacupuncture Reverses CUMS-Induced Depression-Like Behaviors and LTP Impairment in Hippocampus by Downregulating NR2B and CaMK II Expression.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Brain Functional Differences in Drug-Naive Major Depression with Anxiety Patients of Different Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Patterns: A Resting-State fMRI Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Treating the patient not the symptoms: Acupuncture to improve overall health - Evidence, acceptance and strategies.Integrative medicine research · 2019Review
- Antidepressant Mechanism Research of Acupuncture: Insights from a Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Frontal Cortex in Rats with Chronic Restraint Stress.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Article
- Actigraph evaluation of acupuncture for treating restless legs syndrome.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
- Association Between Acupoint Selection, Target Symptoms, and Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis in Real-Time Clinical Practice in a Comprehensive Cancer Center.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
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Abstract
Background. In a large randomised controlled trial of acupuncture, counselling, or usual care for depression, we document the acupuncture intervention and explore the relationship between traditional acupuncture diagnosis and outcome. Methods. Patients who were continuing to experience depression were recruited from primary care to the ACUDep trial (n = 755). Practitioners documented for each patient the traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis, the points needled, and additional components of the treatment, such as lifestyle advice, as recommended by the STRICTA guidelines. Results. Over an 18-month period, 23 acupuncturists delivered 2741 treatments to 266 patients, an average of 10 sessions per patient. The primary and secondary zang fu syndromes were identified for 99% of patients. When combining primary and secondary diagnoses, there was a predominant Liver Qi Stagnation cluster (66% of patients) and a Spleen Deficiency cluster (34%). Practitioners sought de qi responses 96% of the time. Lifestyle advice was given to 66% of patients, most commonly dietary. When comparing patient outcomes, no significant differences were found between the two main syndrome clusters. Conclusion. In this large-scale trial, our documentation of diagnosis and treatment provides a useful snapshot of common patterns that patients present with when continuing to experience depression after consulting in primary care.
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