Fogarty Sarah, Stojanovska Lily, Harris David, Zaslawski Chris, Mathai Michael L, McAinch Andrew J
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, PO Box 14428, Melbourne, VIC, 8001, Australia.
Eat Weight Disord. 2015 Sep;20(3):379-87. doi: 10.1007/s40519-014-0175-7. Epub 2015 Jan 29.
Acupuncture is widely used as an alternative modality for weight loss. Despite its increasing use, few acupuncture studies have evaluated the effect of a weight loss program on the mental health of obese/overweight participants and none have looked at the effect on those with eating, weight and shape concerns.
To investigate the feasibility of conducting an acupuncture study involving overweight or obese individuals undertaking a weight loss program with particular reference to those with eating concerns.
Thirty-five overweight/obese males and females participated in a single-blinded randomised cross-over study. The two intervention phases were: (1) nutritional counselling plus Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) acupuncture and (2) nutritional counselling plus sham acupuncture.
This study evaluates the feasibility and practicalities of the study including recruitment, retention, adverse events, effectiveness for defining eating and weight concerns, study design and statistics for power calculations.
The outcome measures, the recruitment of those with eating and weight concerns and the acceptability of the intervention demonstrate a larger trial investigating the use of acupuncture for weight loss in those who have elevated eating and weight concerns is feasible.
针灸被广泛用作减肥的替代方法。尽管其使用越来越多，但很少有针灸研究评估减肥计划对肥胖/超重参与者心理健康的影响，且没有研究关注过对那些存在饮食、体重和体型问题的人的影响。
探讨开展一项针对超重或肥胖个体进行减肥计划的针灸研究的可行性，尤其关注那些存在饮食问题的个体。
35名超重/肥胖男性和女性参与了一项单盲随机交叉研究。两个干预阶段分别为：（1）营养咨询加中医针灸；（2）营养咨询加假针灸。
本研究评估了该研究的可行性和实际情况，包括招募、留存、不良事件、界定饮食和体重问题的有效性、研究设计以及功效计算的统计学方法。
结果指标、招募存在饮食和体重问题的个体以及干预的可接受性表明，开展一项更大规模的试验来研究针灸对那些存在较高饮食和体重问题的人减肥的作用是可行的。
