Relationship between neuro-psychological factors and effect of acupuncture in treating Bell's palsy / 中国中西医结合杂志
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
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(12): 1026-1029, 2010.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-313170
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the influence of neuro-psychological factors on the effect of acupuncture in the treatment of Bell's palsy and the overall prognosis in patients.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Fifty patients with Bell's palsy were randomized into the treatment group and the control group, and they were treated with manipulated and non-manipulated acupuncture, respectively. Scorings by subjective perceptive scale of acupuncture, Cartel personality test, and Hamilton Anxiety Scale were performed and the curative effect was assessed according House-Brackmann grading standards.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate of acupuncture was 78.0% (39/50), and that of manipulated acupuncture was better than that of non-manipulated acupuncture [89.2% (25/28) vs. 63.6% (14/22), P < 0.01]. Visual analogue scoring for perception of "Deqi", evaluated either by patients or by doctors, showed that the scores was higher in the treatment group than in the control group (P < 0.01). Cartel personality test (16PF) found that patients with personality factors of sociability, intellectuality, excitability, braveness, and independence were capable of getting "Deqi" more easily, there existed a significant correlation between personality factors and curative effect. By Hamilton Anxiety Scale scoring, 92.0% (46/50) of the patients were found being in an anxiety state, and the efficacy of treatment was negatively correlated with the degree of anxiety (r = -0.9491, P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Neuro-psychological factors put great influence on the efficacy of treatment for Bell's palsy, multiple measures, such as drug-therapy, acupuncture, psychological intervention, rehabilitation therapy, etc., should be taken in combination for improving patients' prognosis.</p>
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Main subject:
Psychology
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Therapeutics
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Acupuncture Therapy
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Treatment Outcome
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Combined Modality Therapy
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Bell Palsy
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Methods
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Neuropsychological Tests
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Practice guideline
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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