Sapir-Weise R, Berglund M, Frank A, Kristenson H
Department of Alcohol and Drug Diseases, Malmoe University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden.
Alcohol Alcohol. 1999 Jul-Aug;34(4):629-35. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/34.4.629.
Seventy-two alcoholics were treated with acupuncture to the ear in a randomized single-blind controlled design over 10 weeks. Orthodox points and incorrect points 3-5 mm from orthodox points were used. No initial differences were found regarding social characteristics, the responses to the Swedish version of the Alcohol Use Inventory and the Three-dimensional Personality Questionnaire, indicating a successful randomization. There were non-significant tendencies towards gender differential response after acupuncture treatment (P = 0.07). There was no difference in the number of drinking days or level of craving between treatment and control patients. Among females, those in the treatment group reported reduction of anxiety after 1 month, more often than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Response to acupuncture was not related to personality or drinking pattern. Patients' experience of needle placement was similar in the study and control groups. The effects of acupuncture were less pronounced than those previously reported.
72名酗酒者在10周内采用随机单盲对照设计接受耳部针灸治疗。使用了传统穴位以及距离传统穴位3 - 5毫米的非传统穴位。在社会特征、对瑞典版酒精使用量表和三维人格问卷的反应方面，未发现初始差异，表明随机分组成功。针灸治疗后存在性别差异反应的非显著趋势（P = 0.07）。治疗组和对照组患者的饮酒天数或渴望程度没有差异。在女性中，治疗组患者在1个月后报告焦虑减轻的情况比对照组更常见（P < 0.05）。对针灸的反应与人格或饮酒模式无关。研究组和对照组患者对针刺放置的体验相似。针灸的效果不如先前报道的明显。
