Instituto de Medicina Integrativa, Rua Filipe Simões nº19, 3000-186, Coimbra, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal.
Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra & UICISA:E, Avenida Bissaya Barreto Polo A, Apartado 7001, 3046-851, Coimbra, Portugal.
Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2022 Feb;46:101541. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2022.101541. Epub 2022 Jan 30.
The estimated number of people living with anxiety disorders worldwide is around 264 million and is estimated to have worsened with the recent pandemic of COVID-19. Acupuncture has shown to have excellent therapeutic effects in reducing anxiety.
Double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial with 56 participants (21-82 years) with anxiety diagnosed by 3 different anxiety scales (BAI, GAD-7 and OASIS). A 30-min acupuncture session was applied once a week for 10 weeks.
Evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture and electroacupuncture in the treatment of anxiety to verify if: (1) People with high anxiety report reduced scores after 5 and 10 sessions; (2) Salivary cortisol levels accompanied the reduced scores; (3) Electroacupuncture treatment is more effective than acupuncture; (4) the treatments is independent of anxiolytic medication.
Volunteers were randomized into 3 groups (control, acupuncture, and electroacupuncture). The results were analyzed by anxiety scales and salivary cortisol tests.
The findings show an improvement in anxiety, assessed by BAI, GAD-7 and OASIS, after the 5th session of acupuncture (p < 0.05) and electroacupuncture (p < 0.05) and the 10th session for both techniques (p < 0.001). The salivary cortisol values measured in the morning followed this pattern (p < 0.05), although the reduction of the night cortisol values was not statistically significant. Electroacupuncture and acupuncture show similar efficacy. The positive effect after the treatments is independent of anxiolytic medication (p < 0.001).
Acupuncture and electroacupuncture are effective in treating anxiety on their own or as adjuncts to pharmacological therapy.
NºP445-08/2017 (Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde).
全球范围内，患有焦虑症的人数估计约为 2.64 亿，且由于近期 COVID-19 大流行，该数字预计有所恶化。针灸在降低焦虑方面显示出极好的治疗效果。
这是一项双盲随机对照临床试验，共纳入 56 名（年龄 21-82 岁）焦虑症患者（通过 BAI、GAD-7 和 OASIS 三种不同的焦虑量表诊断）。每周进行一次 30 分钟的针灸治疗，共进行 10 周。
评估针灸和电针对治疗焦虑的有效性，以验证以下假设：（1）高焦虑人群在 5 次和 10 次治疗后评分降低；（2）唾液皮质醇水平随评分降低而降低；（3）电针对治疗更有效；（4）治疗与抗焦虑药物无关。
志愿者被随机分为 3 组（对照组、针灸组和电针组）。通过焦虑量表和唾液皮质醇测试对结果进行分析。
结果显示，针灸和电针治疗 5 次（p<0.05）和 10 次（p<0.001）后，BAI、GAD-7 和 OASIS 评估的焦虑均得到改善。皮质醇水平也呈现出类似的模式（p<0.05），尽管夜间皮质醇值的降低无统计学意义。电针和针灸的疗效相似。治疗后的积极效果与抗焦虑药物无关（p<0.001）。
针灸和电针单独或作为药物治疗的辅助手段对焦虑症均有效。
NºP445-08/2017（健康科学研究单位）。
