Effect of acupuncture for intraocular pressure control and eye function in patients with glaucoma / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

ABSTRACT

@#AIM: To study the effect of acupuncture treatment on intraocular pressure(IOP)control, corrected visual acuity, light sensitivity and visual fields mean defect in patients with glaucoma beside the original treatment. <p>METHODS:Totally 48 cases(62 eyes)with glaucoma whose IOP were under control were randomly divided into two groups, the observation group and control group, from January to October 2016. Patients in control group were treated with the original therapy for 3 courses, while observation group were treated with acupuncture therapy for 3 courses, 12d as one course, beside original therapy. Corrected visual acuity, light sensitivity and visual fields mean defect of the two groups before and after treatment were analyzed. <p>RESULTS: Corrected visual acuity, light sensitivity and visual fields mean defect of control group had no differences between before and after treatment by paired <i>t</i> test(<i>P</i>>0.05), those of observation group were significantly different(<i>P</i><0.05). The three examinations were significantly better of observation group than those of control group after treatment by independent <i>t</i> test(<i>P</i><0.05). The total effective rate of observation group was 74%, which was significantly better than that of control group(32%)(<i>χ</i>²= 9.329, <i>P</i> < 0.05). <p>CONCLUSION: For glaucoma patients, whose IOP were under control, acupuncture has some improvement on corrected visual acuity, light sensitivity and visual fields mean defect, and is better than single IOP-control therapy in short term effects, but a long-term effect is needed to be studied.