Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan ; Department of Psychiatry, Tsao-Tun Psychiatric Center, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Nan-Tou 54249, Taiwan.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:151737. doi: 10.1155/2012/151737. Epub 2012 Sep 10.
Auricular acupressure is widely used in complementary and alternative medicine to reduce body weight, but little is known about the effects of auricular acupressure on body weight parameters in patients with chronic schizophrenia. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of auricular acupressure on body weight parameters in patients with chronic schizophrenia. Eighty-six inpatients with schizophrenia were recruited from chronic wards in a psychiatric center. The participants were randomly divided into experimental (acupressure at 4 acupuncture sites: hunger, stomach, shenmen and endocrine) and control groups, and body weight parameters were determined weekly for 8 weeks. There was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in mean body weight, waist circumference, or body fat percentage at the pretest or during the entire 8-week study period. Therefore, auricular acupressure did not cause body weight reduction in patients with chronic schizophrenia.
耳穴按压在补充和替代医学中被广泛用于减轻体重，但对于耳穴按压对慢性精神分裂症患者体重参数的影响知之甚少。本研究旨在评估耳穴按压对慢性精神分裂症患者体重参数的影响。从精神科中心的慢性病房招募了 86 名住院精神分裂症患者。参与者被随机分为实验组（在 4 个穴位进行耳穴按压：饥点、胃点、神门和内分泌）和对照组，并在 8 周内每周测量体重参数。在预测试或整个 8 周的研究期间，实验组和对照组的平均体重、腰围或体脂百分比没有显著差异。因此，耳穴按压并没有导致慢性精神分裂症患者体重减轻。
