Auricular acupuncture for treatment of preoperative anxiety in patients scheduled for ambulatory gynaecological surgery: a prospective controlled investigation with a non-randomised arm.

CONCLUSIONS: AAwas acceptable and feasible as a treatment for preoperative anxiety. The results were used for the sample size calculation of a subsequent randomised controlled clinical trial. TRIAL REGISTRAION NUMBER: NCT02656966; Results. PMID: 29986900 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29986900?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acupuncture in Medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society - July 9, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Wunsch JK, Klausenitz C, Janner H, Hesse T, Mustea A, Hahnenkamp K, Petersmann A, Usichenko TI Tags: Acupunct Med Source Type: research