Schroeder Stefanie, Burnis James, Denton Antony, Krasnow Aaron, Raghu T S, Mathis Kimberly
ASU Health Services, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
ASU Health Services, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2017 Jun;10(3):165-170. doi: 10.1016/j.jams.2017.01.002. Epub 2017 Jan 16.
This study is a randomized controlled clinical trial to study the effectiveness of acupuncture on the perception of stress in patients who study or work on a large, urban college campus. The hypothesis was that verum acupuncture would demonstrate a significant positive impact on perceived stress as compared to sham acupuncture. This study included 111 participants with high self-reported stress levels who either studied or worked at a large, urban public university in the southwestern United States. However, only 62 participants completed the study. The participants were randomized into a verum acupuncture or sham acupuncture group. Both the groups received treatment once a week for 12 weeks. The Cohen's global measure of perceived stress scale (PSS-14) was completed by each participant prior to treatment, at 6 weeks, at 12 weeks, and 6 weeks and 12 weeks post-treatment completion. While participants of both the groups showed a substantial initial decrease in perceived stress scores, at 12 weeks post treatment, the verum acupuncture group showed a significantly greater treatment effect than the sham acupuncture group. This study indicates that acupuncture may be successful in decreasing the perception of stress in students and staff at a large urban university, and this effect persists for at least 3 months after the completion of treatment.
本研究是一项随机对照临床试验，旨在研究针刺疗法对在美国西南部一个大型城市大学校园学习或工作的患者压力感知的有效性。假设是与假针刺相比，真针刺疗法对感知压力将显示出显著的积极影响。本研究纳入了111名自我报告压力水平较高、在美国西南部一所大型城市公立大学学习或工作的参与者。然而，只有62名参与者完成了研究。参与者被随机分为真针刺组或假针刺组。两组均每周接受一次治疗，共12周。每位参与者在治疗前、治疗6周时、12周时以及治疗结束后6周和12周时完成科恩感知压力量表（PSS - 14）的整体测量。虽然两组参与者的感知压力得分在初始阶段均大幅下降，但在治疗后12周时，真针刺组的治疗效果显著优于假针刺组。本研究表明，针刺疗法可能成功降低大型城市大学学生和教职员工的压力感知，且这种效果在治疗结束后至少持续3个月。
