Department of Medicine and Nursing, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil.
School of Nursing, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil.
J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2022 Apr 30;15(2):130-142. doi: 10.51507/j.jams.2022.15.2.130.
Chronic pain is a complex phenomenon that brings physical and emotional impairments negatively impacting people's quality of life. The adoption of interventions such as ear acupuncture and dry cupping can represent a treatment option for people with chronic back pain.
To investigate the effects of ear acupuncture combined with dry cupping therapy on the interference of pain with the daily activities and quality of life of adults with chronic back pain.
An open-label, randomized, parallel-group controlled clinical trial. One hundred and ninety-eight adults were randomized into control (CG - ear acupuncture) or experimental (EG - ear acupuncture combined with dry cupping) groups. Interventions were performed in five sessions, once a week, lasting five weeks. Evaluations were performed before the first session, after the last session, and seven days after the second evaluation, using the Brief Pain Inventory to assess the impact of pain on daily activities and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) to assess the quality of life.
Between the initial and final sessions, there were significant changes in daily activities , activity, work, mood, relationships, sleep, and in the physical, psychological and social relationships domains for both the control and experimental groups. Improved perception of quality of life and satisfaction with health were observed for the participants in the experimental group.
Ear acupuncture combined with dry cupping showed better results in terms of perception of quality of life and satisfaction with health when compared to ear acupuncture by itself.
慢性疼痛是一种复杂的现象，会给人们的生活质量带来身体和情绪上的损害。采用耳针和拔罐等干预措施可能是慢性背痛患者的一种治疗选择。
研究耳针结合拔罐疗法对慢性腰痛成人疼痛对日常生活的干扰和生活质量的影响。
这是一项开放标签、随机、平行组对照临床试验。198 名成年人被随机分为对照组（CG-耳针）或实验组（EG-耳针结合拔罐）。干预措施在五周内每周进行一次，共进行五次。在第一次治疗前、最后一次治疗后以及第二次评估后七天进行评估，使用简短疼痛量表评估疼痛对日常生活的影响，以及世界卫生组织生活质量量表-简表（WHOQOL-BREF）评估生活质量。
在初始和最终疗程之间，对照组和实验组的日常活动、活动、工作、情绪、人际关系、睡眠以及身体、心理和社会关系领域均有显著变化。实验组的参与者对生活质量的感知和对健康的满意度均有所提高。
与单独使用耳针相比，耳针结合拔罐在提高生活质量和健康满意度方面的效果更好。
