NCT01651338

Quality of Life and Acupuncture on Chronic Pain: A Randomized Study Before and After Performing

Islamic Azad University and Dr Sadre Nabavi Clinic

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 17 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Chronic pains can affect the life quality. This study has performed in the first time in Mashhad.The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of acupuncture on the life quality of 150 patients who suffered from chronic pain. Some people like performing acupuncture because they believed it's free of risks and beneficial. In order to achieve this purpose, we had examined the life quality of the patients before and after acupuncture. This study was randomly performed on 150 patients aged between 17-75. They were suffering from chronic pain. The questionnaire is based on WHO QOL. The questionnaires were filled out once before acupuncture and once 12 weeks after it.

Detailed description

This study was completed on time.

Conditions

• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	acupuncture	The patients went through acupuncture for 8 -10 sessions and either once or two times a week. The number and the place of needles were 8 -12 for each patient which were located on the right place.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2009-08-01
• Completion: 2010-01-01
• First posted: 2012-07-27
• Last updated: 2012-07-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran