Acupuncture in migraine prophylaxis in Czech patients: an open-label randomized controlled trial

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00179906:_____/18:10377280

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.dovepress.com/acupuncture-in-migraine-prophylaxis-in-czech-patients-an-open-label-ra-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NDT" target="_blank" >http://www.dovepress.com/acupuncture-in-migraine-prophylaxis-in-czech-patients-an-open-label-ra-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NDT</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S155119" target="_blank" >10.2147/NDT.S155119</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Acupuncture in migraine prophylaxis in Czech patients: an open-label randomized controlled trial

Original language description

Background: Adjuvant acupuncture for the symptomatic treatment of migraine reduces the frequency of headaches and may be at least similarly effective to treatment with prophylactic drugs. Methods: This article describes an open-label randomised controlled clinical trial with two groups: the intervention group (n=42) and the waiting-list control group (n=44). This study occurred at the Czech-Chinese Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine at the University Hospital Hradec Kralove between October 2015 and April 2017. Results: After 12 weeks of acupuncture, the number of migraine days was reduced by 5.5 and 2.0 days in the acupuncture and the waiting-list control groups, respectively, with a statistically significant inter-group difference of 2.0 migraine days (95% CI: -4 to -1). A significantly greater reduction in the number of migraine days per 4 weeks was reached at the end of the 6-month follow-up period in the acupuncture vs. control groups (Delta -4.0; 95% CI: -6 to -2). A statistically significant difference was observed in the number of responders to treatment (response defined as at least a 50% reduction in average monthly migraine day frequency) in the acupuncture vs waiting-list control groups (50% vs 27%; p&lt;0.05) at the end of the intervention. A significantly greater percentage of responders to treatment was noted in the intervention vs control groups at the 6-month follow-up (81% vs 36%; p&lt;0.001). Conclusion: Acupuncture can reduce symptoms and medication use, both short term and long term, as an adjuvant treatment in migraine prophylaxis in Czech patients.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

ISSN

1178-2021

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

May

Country of publishing house

NZ - NEW ZEALAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1221-1228

UT code for WoS article

000432040900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85048684287