Trial reportChinese journal of integrative medicine2013
Effects of electro-acupuncture on personality traits in depression: a randomized controlled study.
Trial report in Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The use of acupuncture for addressing neurological and neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with long COVID: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of acupuncture for depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Electroacupuncture as a rapid-onset and safer complementary therapy for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of Acupuncture Cooperated with Low-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Chronic Insomnia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Current medical science · 2018Trial
- Repeated acupuncture treatments modulate amygdala resting state functional connectivity of depressive patients.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2016Trial
- Effectiveness and Safety of Electroacupuncture for Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- A network meta-analysis on the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in treating patients with major depressive disorder.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture for Perimenopausal Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Review
- Electroacupuncture Stimulation of Language-Implicated Acupoint Tongli (HT 5) in Healthy Subjects: An fMRI Evaluation Study.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2018Article
- Acupuncture alters pro-inflammatory cytokines in the plasma of maternally separated rat pups.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2017Article
- Acupuncture for Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review.Rand health quarterly · 2016Article
- Effect of acupuncture on premature ovarian failure: a pilot study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the personality-adjusting effect of electro-acupuncture treatment for depression and compared this treatment with paroxetine treatment.
methodsA non-blinded, randomized controlled trial was adopted. Sixty depressed patients, who met trial criteria, were randomly assigned to the treatment and the control groups. In the treatment group, electro-acupuncture treatment was used, and paroxetine treatment was used in the control group. During the 24-week study period, 12 patients dropped out and 48 patients completed the study. The Minnesota Multiple Personality Inventory (MMPI) was adopted as the evaluation tool. At the same time, the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) were used to evaluate the psychological state. Evaluations were done before and after treatment.
resultsAfter treatment, patients' psychological state improved significantly in both groups (P<0.01). For the treatment group, within-group comparison between baseline and after 24 weeks of treatment showed that severity of depression had significantly decreased (P<0.01). MADRS and SDS scores decreased significantly (P<0.05) and MMPI subscale scores for hypochondriasis, depression, psychopathic deviate, psychasthenia, social introversion and fake decreased significantly (P<0.05). For the control group, severity of depression also decreased significantly. MADRS and SDS scores decreased significantly (P<0.05); and MMPI subscale scores for hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, paranoia, and psychasthenia decreased significantly (P<0.05). Between-group comparison demonstrated that for the MMPI subscales paranoia and social introversion, the decrease of score was greater in the treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05). However, there were no other significant differences between the control group and the treatment group.
conclusionElectro-acupuncture is effective for treating depression and affects personality traits.
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