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

• Sponsor: TsaoTun Psychiatric Center, Department of Health, Taiwan (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT01167348
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 86
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 2
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 42.9

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Schizophrenia; Obesity	Procedure: auricular acupressure	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 86 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: The Effectiveness Of Auricular Acupressure On Body Weight Parameters On Patients With Schizophrenia
• Study Start Date: Jun 1, 2010
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Aug 1, 2010
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Aug 1, 2010

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Using Body weight scale (kilogram) and checking body weight for all participants [2 months]

   all participants are going to be measured body weight per week for 2 months.

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. waist circumference [2 months]

   All participants are going to be measured waist circumference per week for 2 months.

2. Fat percentage by using bio-Impedance Analysis(Tanita-519 machine) [2 months]

   All participants will be measured fat percentage by BIA(Tanita-519) per 2 months.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 Years to 60 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

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

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Tsao-Tun Psychiatric Center	Nan-Tou		Taiwan

Sponsors and Collaborators

• TsaoTun Psychiatric Center, Department of Health, Taiwan

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Ching Han-Yi, MD, Tsaotun Psychiatric Center

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01167348
• Other Study ID Numbers: Tsaotun Psychiatric Center
• First Posted: Jul 22, 2010
• Last Update Posted: Jul 23, 2010
• Last Verified: Jul 1, 2010

• Keywords provided by , ,: auricular acupressure; obesity; schizophrenia; body weight
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Body Weight; Schizophrenia

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jul 23, 2010