Training in self-needling and performing it as part of a clinical trial: the practitioner and patient experience

Bardy, J.

Mackereth, P.

Finnegan-John, J.

Molassiotis, A.

Acupuncture in Medicine

2015

33(3)

210-216

RCT

CANCER -- Complications -- Treatment

FATIGUE -- Treatment

Acupuncture

ATTITUDE (Psychology)

BREAST tumors

CONTENT analysis (Communication)

FOCUS groups

Interviewing

RESEARCH -- Methodology

MEDICAL cooperation

MEDICAL personnel

Research

RESEARCH -- Finance

HEALTH self-care

QUALITATIVE research

TEACHING methods

THEMATIC analysis

RANDOMIZED controlled trials

PATIENTS -- Attitudes

England

Objective: To evaluate the immediate effects of traditional local thermal therapy with indirect moxibustion on renal hemodynamics in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) by using Doppler ultrasonography (US). Design: Examiner-blinded crossover study. Participants: Forty-three participants with CKD (mean age ± standard deviation [SD], 44 ± 15 years; estimated glomerular filtration rate, 69.5 ± 25.5 mL/min per 1.73 m2; 20 men and 23 women). Intervention: Participants received three successive treatment sessions of indirect moxibustion bilaterally at BL 23, a crucial acupuncture point, in the session. In the control session, the examiner was blinded by using smoke and aroma produced by moxibustion performed in an ashtray placed near the patient's body. Outcome measures: The main outcome measure was resistive index (RI) in the renal segmental arteries. Blood flow parameters, including RI, were measured for six renal segmental arteries by using Doppler US at rest (baseline), immediately after completion of moxibustion (post 1), and 10 minutes later (post 2). Adverse events were monitored during intervention. Results: In the control session, RI at post 1 (median [first, third quartile]: 0.587 [0.562, 0.626]) and post 2 (0.583 [0.567, 0.629]) did not change significantly compared with baseline (0.592 [0.563, 0.636]), while in the treatment session, RI at post 1 (0.565 [0.530, 0.618]) and post 2 (0.561 [0.533, 0.614]) decreased significantly compared with baseline (0.590 [0.550, 0.652]) ( p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). The reduction in RI from baseline to post 2 in treatment session was significantly greater than in control session (mean ± SD, ?0.026 ± 0.028 versus ?0.003 ± 0.028; mean difference, ?0.023 [95% confidence interval, ?0.036 to ?0.010]; p = 0.001]. No adverse events, such as burns, were observed during the study period. Conclusion: Renal vascular resistance was decreased after indirect moxibustion therapy in patients with CKD.

Accession Number: 103624320; Source Information: Jun2015, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p210; Subject Term: CANCER -- Complications -- Treatment; Subject Term: FATIGUE -- Treatment; Subject Term: ACUPUNCTURE; Subject Term: ATTITUDE (Psychology); Subject Term: BREAST tumors; Subject Term: CONTENT analysis (Communication); Subject Term: FOCUS groups; Subject Term: INTERVIEWING; Subject Term: RESEARCH -- Methodology; Subject Term: MEDICAL cooperation; Subject Term: MEDICAL personnel; Subject Term: RESEARCH; Subject Term: RESEARCH -- Finance; Subject Term: HEALTH self-care; Subject Term: QUALITATIVE research; Subject Term: TEACHING methods; Subject Term: THEMATIC analysis; Subject Term: RANDOMIZED controlled trials; Subject Term: PATIENTS -- Attitudes; Subject Term: ; Geographic Subject: ENGLAND; Geographic Subject: ; Number of Pages: 7p; ; Document Type: Article;

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