Clinical Efficacy Observation of Scalp-acupuncture-based Therapy for Vascular Dementia
Item
Title
Clinical Efficacy Observation of Scalp-acupuncture-based Therapy for Vascular Dementia
Author(s)
Journal Publication
Date
2012
volume
10(1)
pages
34-37
Research Type
RCT
Keywords
Abstract
Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of scalp-acupuncture-based therapy for vascular dementia. Methods: Eighty patients with vascular dementia were randomly allocated into 3 groups by the visiting order, 27 cases in the scalp acupuncture group were treated with needling scalp stimulation areas; 25 cases in the body acupuncture group were treated with body acupoints; 28 cases in the control group were given Duxil for oral administration. The mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and Barthel index (BI) were used to evaluate the differences between before and after treatments. Results: The total effective rate in the scalp acupuncture group was 92% versus 89% in the body acupuncture group and 83% in the control group, showing a statistial significance (P<0.01). After the treatments, the MMSE and BI scores showed signnificant differences in all three groups (P<0.01). After the treatment, the MMSE and BI scores showed statistical differnces in all three groups (P<0.01). After the treatment, the MMSE and BI scores in the scalp acupuncture and body acupuncture groups showed statistical significances compared with the control group (P<0.05). There was also a statisical significance between the scalp acupuncture group and body acupuncture group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Scalp-acupuncture-based therapy can substantially improve MMSE and BI scores and thus obtain a more remarkable effect for vascular dementia.
has health condition studied
Mental Disorders
plan
>1/WK
has study population number
80
has duration
4 Weeks