Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain.
BACKGROUND: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) afflicts 2%-10% of adult men. Available therapies offer little or no proven benefit. Because acupuncture represents an attractive "natural" therapy, we compared the efficacy of acupuncture to sham acupuncture for CP/CP...
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| author | Lee, S Liong, M Yuen, K Leong, W Chee, C Cheah, P Choong, W Wu, Y Khan, N Choong, W Yap, H Krieger, J |
| author_facet | Lee, S Liong, M Yuen, K Leong, W Chee, C Cheah, P Choong, W Wu, Y Khan, N Choong, W Yap, H Krieger, J |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) afflicts 2%-10% of adult men. Available therapies offer little or no proven benefit. Because acupuncture represents an attractive "natural" therapy, we compared the efficacy of acupuncture to sham acupuncture for CP/CPPS. METHODS: Participants met US National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus criteria for CP/CPPS, were aged > or = 20 years old, and had a total score > or = 15 on the NIH Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) and symptoms for at least 3 of the preceding 6 months. They were randomized 1:1 to acupuncture or sham acupuncture. Treatment consisted of twice-weekly 30-minute sessions for 10 weeks (20 sessions total) without needle stimulation, herbs, or adjuvants. The primary response criterion was a 6-point decrease from baseline to week 10 in NIH-CPSI total score (range 0-43). RESULTS: Thirty-two (73%) of 44 participants responded in the acupuncture group compared with 21 (47%) of 45 sham group participants (relative risk 1.81, 95% confidence interval, 1.3-3.1, P = .02). Long-term responses 24 weeks after completing therapy without additional treatment occurred in 14 (32%) of 44 acupuncture group participants and in 6 (13%) of 45 sham group participants (relative risk 2.39, 95% confidence interval, 1.0-5.6, P = .04). CONCLUSIONS: After 10 weeks of treatment, acupuncture proved almost twice as likely as sham treatment to improve CP/CPPS symptoms. Participants receiving acupuncture were 2.4-fold more likely to experience long-term benefit than were participants receiving sham acupuncture. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:29ebc1c5-01c6-431c-bf7f-5c250bcb9eca2022-03-26T12:21:57ZAcupuncture versus sham acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:29ebc1c5-01c6-431c-bf7f-5c250bcb9ecaEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Lee, SLiong, MYuen, KLeong, WChee, CCheah, PChoong, WWu, YKhan, NChoong, WYap, HKrieger, J BACKGROUND: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) afflicts 2%-10% of adult men. Available therapies offer little or no proven benefit. Because acupuncture represents an attractive "natural" therapy, we compared the efficacy of acupuncture to sham acupuncture for CP/CPPS. METHODS: Participants met US National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus criteria for CP/CPPS, were aged > or = 20 years old, and had a total score > or = 15 on the NIH Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) and symptoms for at least 3 of the preceding 6 months. They were randomized 1:1 to acupuncture or sham acupuncture. Treatment consisted of twice-weekly 30-minute sessions for 10 weeks (20 sessions total) without needle stimulation, herbs, or adjuvants. The primary response criterion was a 6-point decrease from baseline to week 10 in NIH-CPSI total score (range 0-43). RESULTS: Thirty-two (73%) of 44 participants responded in the acupuncture group compared with 21 (47%) of 45 sham group participants (relative risk 1.81, 95% confidence interval, 1.3-3.1, P = .02). Long-term responses 24 weeks after completing therapy without additional treatment occurred in 14 (32%) of 44 acupuncture group participants and in 6 (13%) of 45 sham group participants (relative risk 2.39, 95% confidence interval, 1.0-5.6, P = .04). CONCLUSIONS: After 10 weeks of treatment, acupuncture proved almost twice as likely as sham treatment to improve CP/CPPS symptoms. Participants receiving acupuncture were 2.4-fold more likely to experience long-term benefit than were participants receiving sham acupuncture. |
| spellingShingle | Lee, S Liong, M Yuen, K Leong, W Chee, C Cheah, P Choong, W Wu, Y Khan, N Choong, W Yap, H Krieger, J Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain. |
| title | Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain. |
| title_full | Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain. |
| title_fullStr | Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain. |
| title_short | Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain. |
| title_sort | acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for chronic prostatitis chronic pelvic pain |
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