摘要
目的
观察针刺治疗前列腺痛的临床疗效。
方法
符合纳入标准的前列腺痛患者60例, 随机分成两组, 针刺组30例采用针刺治疗; 药物组30例, 采用口服中药汤剂治疗。比较两组临床疗效。
结果
针刺组治愈5例, 显效12例, 有效11例, 无效2例, 总有效率93.3%; 药物组治愈2例, 显效8例, 有效13例, 无效 7例, 总有效率76.7%。 针刺组总有效率优于药物组(P<0.05), 且针刺组在降低美国国立卫生研究院慢性前列腺炎症状积分指数(National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index, NIH-CPSI)的总积分和疼痛症状、 尿路症状、 生活质量亚类评分方面均优于药物组。
结论
针刺是治疗前列腺痛的有效方法。
Abstract
Objective
To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture therapy for prostatalgia.
Methods
Sixty subjects were randomized into two groups: an acupuncture group in which 30 cases were treated by acupuncture and a medication group in which the other 30 cases were treated with herbal decoction. The clinical efficacy in these two groups were observed and compared.
Results
In the acupuncture group, 5 cases were cured, 12 cases were significantly improved, 11 cases improved and 2 cases failed, and the overall effective rate was 93.3%. In the medication group, 2 cases were cured, 8 cases were significantly improved, 13 cases improved and 7 cases failed, and the overall effective rate was 76.6%; the overall effective rate was higher in the acupuncture group than in the medication group (P<0.05). Moreover, the total score of National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI), and the scores for pain severity, urinary symptoms and quality of life were reduced more significantly in the acupuncture group than in the medication group.
Conclusion
Acupuncture is an effective therapy for prostatalgia.
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Author: Chen Yunlong, master of medicine, resident physician
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Chen, Y., Wang, C. & Lin, Y. Treatment of prostatalgia by acupuncture: A randomized controlled trial. J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 9, 233–236 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11726-011-0520-6
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