Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT01167348
The Effectiveness Of Auricular Acupressure On Body Weight Parameters On Patients With Schizophrenia
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 86 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- TsaoTun Psychiatric Center, Department of Health, Taiwan · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 20 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine whether auricular acupressure is effective in reducing body weight, waist circumference, or lipid profile.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | auricular acupressure | Investigator will put a tape with a 0.5mmx0.5mm seed on the specific positions on the ear of participants of intervention group, and participants will be asked to press these specific positions 3 times a day. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2010-08-01
- Completion
- 2010-08-01
- First posted
- 2010-07-22
- Last updated
- 2010-07-23
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Taiwan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01167348. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.