The Effectiveness Of Auricular Acupressure On Body Weight Parameters On Patients With Schizophrenia

The purpose of this study is to examine whether auricular acupressure is effective in reducing body weight, waist circumference, or lipid profile.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Obesity; Schizophrenia
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: auricular acupressure

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 86
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Han-Yi Ching, MD; Phone Number: 886911587276; Email: HYChing@mail.ttpc.doh.gov.tw

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Nan-Tou, Taiwan
    • Recruiting
    • Tsao-Tun Psychiatric Center
    • Contact: Han-Yi Ching, MD; Phone Number: 886911587276; Email: HYChing@mail.ttpc.doh.gov.tw

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. ICD:295,living in chronic ward for more than 2 month
2. Body Mass Index (BMI) >or=24
3. Age between 20 to 60
4. Psychotic status stable and can communicate

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Unstable psychotic status
2. Participants who have endocrine disease
3. Participants who have cardiac disease
4. Participants who have immunological disease
5. Participants who have liver or renal function impairment
6. Pregnant woman or in milking stage
7. Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) stroke and disability
8. Participant who attends weight control programs in recent 3 months
9. Any conditions that clinical doctors refuse to let join in this study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Using Body weight scale (kilogram) and checking body weight for all participants	all participants are going to be measured body weight per week for 2 months.	2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
waist circumference	All participants are going to be measured waist circumference per week for 2 months.	2 months
Fat percentage by using bio-Impedance Analysis(Tanita-519 machine)	All participants will be measured fat percentage by BIA(Tanita-519) per 2 months.	2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: TsaoTun Psychiatric Center, Department of Health, Taiwan
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ching Han-Yi, MD, TsaoTun Psychiatric Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): August 1, 2010
• Study Completion (Anticipated): August 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 16, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 21, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): July 22, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 23, 2010
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 22, 2010
• Last Verified: July 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: obesity; schizophrenia; body weight; auricular acupressure
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders; Schizophrenia; Body Weight
• Other Study ID Numbers: Tsaotun Psychiatric Center