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DOI	10.1016/j.ctcp.2022.101541
	Electroacupuncture and acupuncture in the treatment of anxiety - A double blinded randomized parallel clinical trial
	Amorim, Diogo; Brito, Irma; Caseiro, Armando; Figueiredo, Joao Paulo; Pinto, Andre; Macedo, Ines; Machado, Jorge
通讯作者	Amorim, D
来源期刊	COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
ISSN	1744-3881
EISSN	1873-6947
出版年	2022
卷号	46
英文摘要	Background: The estimated number of people living with anxiety disorders worldwide is around 264 million and is estimated to have worsened with the recent pandemic of COVID-19. Acupuncture has shown to have excellent therapeutic effects in reducing anxiety. Design: Double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial with 56 participants (21-82 years) with anxiety diagnosed by 3 different anxiety scales (BAI, GAD-7 and OASIS). A 30-min acupuncture session was applied once a week for 10 weeks. Aims: Evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture and electroacupuncture in the treatment of anxiety to verify if: (1) People with high anxiety report reduced scores after 5 and 10 sessions; (2) Salivary cortisol levels accompanied the reduced scores; (3) Electroacupuncture treatment is more effective than acupuncture; (4) the treatments is independent of anxiolytic medication. Methods: Volunteers were randomized into 3 groups (control, acupuncture, and electroacupuncture). The results were analyzed by anxiety scales and salivary cortisol tests. Results: The findings show an improvement in anxiety, assessed by BAI, GAD-7 and OASIS, after the 5th session of acupuncture (p < 0.05) and electroacupuncture (p < 0.05) and the 10th session for both techniques (p < 0.001). The salivary cortisol values measured in the morning followed this pattern (p < 0.05), although the reduction of the night cortisol values was not statistically significant. Electroacupuncture and acupuncture show similar efficacy. The positive effect after the treatments is independent of anxiolytic medication (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Acupuncture and electroacupuncture are effective in treating anxiety on their own or as adjuncts to pharmacological therapy.
英文关键词	Acupuncture Electroacupuncture Anxiety Salivary cortisol Anxiety surveys
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000789628400002
WOS关键词	DEPRESSION ; STRESS
WOS类目	Integrative & Complementary Medicine
WOS研究方向	Integrative & Complementary Medicine
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/392174
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Amorim, Diogo,Brito, Irma,Caseiro, Armando,et al. Electroacupuncture and acupuncture in the treatment of anxiety - A double blinded randomized parallel clinical trial[J],2022,46.
APA	Amorim, Diogo.,Brito, Irma.,Caseiro, Armando.,Figueiredo, Joao Paulo.,Pinto, Andre.,...&Machado, Jorge.(2022).Electroacupuncture and acupuncture in the treatment of anxiety - A double blinded randomized parallel clinical trial.COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE,46.
MLA	Amorim, Diogo,et al."Electroacupuncture and acupuncture in the treatment of anxiety - A double blinded randomized parallel clinical trial".COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 46(2022).