Aune A, Alraek T, LiHua H, Baerheim A
Bryggen Medisinske Senter, University of Bergen, Norway.
Scand J Prim Health Care. 1998 Mar;16(1):37-9. doi: 10.1080/028134398750003386.
To evaluate the effect of acupuncture in the prevention of recurrent lower urinary tract infection (UTI) in adult women.
A controlled clinical trial with three arms: an acupuncture group, a sham-acupuncture group, and an untreated control group. Patients were followed for 6 months.
An acupuncture clinic in Bergen, Norway.
Sixty-seven adult women with a history of recurrent lower UTI.
Acute lower UTIs during the 6-month observation period.
Eighty-five percent were free of lower UTI during the 6-month observation period in the acupuncture group, compared with 58% in the sham group (p < 0.05), and 36% in the control group (p < 0.01). There were half as many episodes of lower UTI per person-half-year in the acupuncture group as in the sham group, and a third as many as in the control group (p < 0.05).
Acupuncture seems a worthwhile alternative in the prevention of recurring lower UTI in women.
评估针刺对成年女性复发性下尿路感染（UTI）的预防效果。
一项三臂对照临床试验：针刺组、假针刺组和未治疗对照组。对患者随访6个月。
挪威卑尔根的一家针灸诊所。
67名有复发性下UTI病史的成年女性。
6个月观察期内的急性下UTI情况。
针刺组在6个月观察期内85%无下UTI，假针刺组为58%（p<0.05），对照组为36%（p<0.01）。针刺组每人半年的下UTI发作次数是假针刺组的一半，是对照组的三分之一（p<0.05）。
针刺似乎是预防女性复发性下UTI的一种值得尝试的替代方法。
