Quality of Life and Acupuncture on Chronic Pain: A Randomized Study Before and After Performing
TerminatedPhase 2, Phase 3NCT01651338
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Chronic pains can affect the life quality. This study has performed in the first time in Mashhad.The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of acupuncture on the life quality of 150 patients who suffered from chronic pain. Some people like performing acupuncture because they believed it's free of risks and beneficial. In order to achieve this purpose, we had examined the life quality of the patients before and after acupuncture. This study was randomly performed on 150 patients aged between 17-75. They were suffering from chronic pain. The questionnaire is based on WHO QOL. The questionnaires were filled out once before acupuncture and once 12 weeks after it.
Study details
- Official title
- Islamic Azad University and Dr Sadre Nabavi Clinic
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj
- Start date
- 2009-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 17 Years to 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Iran
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * aged between 17 - 75 years old, * suffering from arthritis pains, * migraine backaches, * muscular spasms, * pains in the neck, and in the knee * duration of disease over 1 year Exclusion Criteria: * tacking pain relief * pregnant women
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01651338