Acupuncture with Du's heat-reinforcing method for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome:a randomized controlled trial / 针灸推拿医学(英文版)
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
; (6): 124-130, 2019.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-756705
Responsible library:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To compare the clinical efficacy of Du's heat-reinforcing method and Western medication in treating diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D).Methods:
Sixty-five IBS-D patients were randomized into two groups by the random number table.Thirty-three cases in the treatment group were intervened by acupuncture with Du's heat-reinforcing method,while thirty-two cases in the control group were given oral administration of pinaverium bromide tablets.The intervention lasted 4 weeks for both groups.The IBS symptom severity score (IBS-SSS),IBS-quality of life (IBS-QOL) and hospital anxiety and depression scale (HAD) were adopted to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy.Results:
The two groups each had two dropout cases.The clinical recovery rate was 38.7% and the total effective rate was 90.3% in the treatment group versus 13.3% and 66.7% in the control group.The treatment group was superior to the control group in both clinical recovery rate and total effective rate (both P<0.05).After 1-week and 4-week treatment,respectively,the IBS-SSS scores were lower compared with the baseline in both groups,and the intra-group differences were statistically significant (both P<0.05);the score in the treatment group was lower than that in the control group,and the between-group difference was statistically significant (both P<0.05).After 4-week treatment,the component scores of IBS-QOL showed improvements in both groups,and the treatment group was superior to the control group in the improvements of dysphoria,interference with activity,health worry and food avoidance (all P<0.05).The anxiety and depression scales of HAD (HAD-a,HAD-d) in the treatment group and the HAD-a in the control group obtained significant improvements (all P<0.05);the scores of HAD-a and HAD-d in the treatment group were significantly better than those in the control group (both P<0.05).Conclusion:
Acupuncture with Du's heat-reinforcing method can effectively ease the symptoms of IBS-D,improve the quality of life and the state of anxiety and depression.It can produce a more significant efficacy than oral administration of pinaverium bromide tablets.
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Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Diarrhea
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Neglected Diseases
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Aspects:
Patient-preference
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article