Improvement in quality of life in depressed patients following verum acupuncture or electroacupuncture plus paroxetine A randomized controlled study of 157 cases
1 First Clinical Medical College, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China
2 School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China
3 Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Hospital, Guangzhou 510630, Guangdong Province, China
4 Guangdong 999 Brain Hospital, Guangzhou 510510, Guangdong Province, China
5 School of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 999077, China
Contact:
Yong Huang, Professor, Chief physician, Doctoral supervisor, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China; Zhangjin Zhang, Associate professor, Doctoral supervisor, School of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China nanfanglihuang@163.com; zhangzj@hkucc.hku.hk
About author:Shenghui Ma, First Clinical Medical College, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China henghui Ma and Shanshan Qu equally contributed to this work.
Shenghui Ma, Shanshan Qu, Yong Huang, Junqi Chen, Renyong Lin, Chongqi Wang, Ganlong Li, Canghuan Zhao, Shenchang Guo, Zhangjin Zhang. Improvement in quality of life in depressed patients following verum acupuncture or electroacupuncture plus paroxetine A randomized controlled study of 157 cases[J]. Neural Regeneration Research, 2012, 7(27): 2123-2129.
1.The World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Brief Version was used to evaluate the quality of life of depressed patients undergoing acupuncture plus paroxetine treatment. Scores for physical function and social relationships were significantly elevated, as were those in the psychological domain in patients undergoing electroacupuncture.
2.The four-factor domain was superior to the six-factor domain in evaluating quality of life in depressed patients treated with acupuncture plus antidepressant drugs.
1.世界卫生组织生活质量量表简表评分评价手针+帕罗西汀干预后抑郁症患者的生存质量,结果显示患者身体机能及社会关系因子评分显著升高,以电针+帕罗西汀干预的患者心理状况评分的提升较明显。
2.在评价针刺联合药物治疗抑郁症患者的生活质量时,世界卫生组织生活质量量表简表四因子模式优于六因子模式。