NCT05913830

Effectiveness of Auricular Acupressure on the Methadone Patient

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate the effect of auricular point sticking on constipation in patients with methadone

Detailed description

This study is a randomized controlled trial, taking 72 methadone constipation patients from a hospital in the north as objects, and divided them into an auricular point group and a control group. The experimental group was given auricular point sticking, while the control group only used sticking cloth. The two groups were measured for constipation, TCM constitution, anxiety, depression and quality of life before the intervention and 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 6 weeks after the start.

Conditions

• Conditions:Effectiveness of Auricular Acupressure on the Methadone Patient

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Auricular pressure	The seeds of blancia blanc were fixed on the acupoints with patches. The intervention measure in the experimental group was auricular point sticking. The two groups received four measurements before the intervention and 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 6 weeks after the start; while the control group received no Auricular pressure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-31
• Completion: 2023-03-31
• First posted: 2023-06-22
• Last updated: 2023-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan