Combined Acupuncture-moxibustion and Psychotherapy for Perimenopause Syndrome
Item
Title
Combined Acupuncture-moxibustion and Psychotherapy for Perimenopause Syndrome
Author(s)
Journal Publication
Date
2011
volume
9(5)
pages
283-286
Research Type
RCT
Keywords
Abstract
Objective: To observe the effect of combined acupuncture.moxibustion with psychotherapy in treating perimenopause syndrome. Methods: Eighty patients with perimenopause syndrome were randomized into two groups. Forty-two patients in the treatment group were intervened by acupuncture-moxibustion and psychotherapy, and the other 38 in the control group were treated by acupuncture-moxibustion only. The treatment was given once a day, 15 times constitute a treatment course. The therapeutic effects were evaluated after 3 treatment courses. Results: The total effective rate and the effective rate of the emotional state were both 97.6% in the treatment group, versus 89.5% and 73.7% in the control. The comparison of the total effective rate and the effective rate of the emotional state between the two groups both showed significant difference (P<0.05). Conclusion: Acupuncture-moxibusiton has better effect in treating perimenopause syndrome when combined with psychotherapy.
has health condition studied
Climacteric
plan
>1/WK
has study population number
80
has duration
12 Weeks