Yeh Mei-Ling, Chu Nain-Feng, Hsu Man-Ying F, Hsu Chin-Che, Chung Yu-Chu
National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Taitung Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
West J Nurs Res. 2015 Dec;37(12):1517-30. doi: 10.1177/0193945914548707. Epub 2014 Sep 1.
Auricular acupoint stimulation has become a popular weight loss method. However, its efficacy for obesity treatment has not been fully studied. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a 10-week intervention of auricular electrical stimulation combined with auricular acupressure on weight reduction in obese outpatients. In this single-blind randomized sham-controlled study, 134 participants were randomly assigned to an experimental group receiving stimulation at true acupoints, or a sham group receiving stimulation delivered in the same manner but at sham acupoints. Each participant received nutrition counseling by a nutritionist weekly. The results showed significant differences in body mass index, blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and leptin or adiponectin over time within the group, but not between the groups. This study could not exclude the effect of placebo and dietary consultation. Further study that adds a control group receiving no treatment is therefore needed to confirm the effects of auricular acupressure.
耳穴刺激已成为一种流行的减肥方法。然而，其治疗肥胖症的疗效尚未得到充分研究。本研究旨在探讨为期10周的耳电刺激联合耳穴按压干预对肥胖门诊患者体重减轻的影响。在这项单盲随机假对照研究中，134名参与者被随机分配到接受真穴刺激的实验组，或接受相同方式但在假穴刺激的假手术组。每位参与者每周接受营养师的营养咨询。结果显示，组内体重指数、血压、总胆固醇、甘油三酯以及瘦素或脂联素随时间有显著差异，但组间无显著差异。本研究无法排除安慰剂和饮食咨询的影响。因此，需要进一步开展添加未接受治疗对照组的研究，以证实耳穴按压的效果。
