The efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of major depression in women
The efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of major depression in women
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-9280.00074
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发表时间：
1998-09-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Hitt, SK
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作者：
Allen, JJB;Schnyer, RN;Hitt, SK
38名妇女被随机分为三个治疗组，研究了针灸治疗重度抑郁症的有效性。具体治疗包括针对抑郁症症状的针灸治疗;非特异性治疗包括针对不明显属于抑郁症的症状的针灸治疗;等待名单条件包括等待8周不接受治疗。非特异性和等待名单的条件下进行了具体的治疗。5名女性提前终止治疗，4名在前8周完成前。在专门针对抑郁症的治疗后，64%的女性（n = 33）完全缓解。三个8周的治疗条件（n = 34）的急性效应的比较表明，接受特定的针灸治疗的患者改善显着超过那些接受安慰剂样非特异性针灸治疗，略高于那些在等待名单的条件。从这个小样本的结果表明，针灸可以提供显着的症状缓解抑郁症，在利率相媲美的心理治疗或药物治疗。针灸可能有足够的希望保证更大规模的临床试验。
The effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for major depression was examined in 38 women, randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups. Specific treatment involved acupuncture treatments for symptoms of depression; nonspecific treatment involved acupuncture for symptoms that were not clearly part of depression; a wait-list condition involved waiting without treatment for 8 weeks. The nonspecific and wait-list conditions were followed by specific treatment. Five women terminated treatment prematurely, 4 prior to the completion of the first 8 weeks. Following treatments specifically designed to address depression, 64% of the women (n = 33) experienced full remission. A comparison of the acute effect of the three 8-week treatment conditions (n = 34) showed that patients receiving specific acupuncture treatments improved significantly more than those receiving the placebo-like nonspecific acupuncture treatments, and marginally more than those in the,wait-list condition. Results from this small sample suggest that acupuncture can provide significant symptom relief in depression, at rates comparable to those of psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy. Acupuncture may hold sufficient promise to warrant a larger scale clinical trial.