None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Acupuncture in five ear points according to the Chinese School - Shen Men, Anxiety 1 and 2, Tension, Muscle Relaxation. Semi-permanent needles will be inserted in an ear weekly, in a procedure the lasts about 5 minutes. The patient should remain with the needles until the next appointment, when the needles will be removed and new ones will be inserted in the other ear. It's expected the acupuncture will present results soon after the first appointment. 2 weeks is the minimum time expected for th
Acupuncture in five ear points according to the Chinese School - Shen Men, Anxiety 1 and 2, Tension, Muscle Relaxation. Semi-permanent needles will be inserted in an ear weekly, in a procedure the lasts about 5 minutes. The patient should remain with the needles until the next appointment, when the needles will be removed and new ones will be inserted in the other ear. It's expected the acupuncture will present results soon after the first appointment. 2 weeks is the minimum time expected for the participants' babies to start breastfeeding, when that happens it will be no longer possible to measure milk volume, and the study ends for this mother.
Sponsors
Mariana Lourenco Haddad
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Lactating mothers of babies born <1500g (very low birth weight infants) in a school hospital in Londrina.
Exclusion criteria
Important health conditions that counter-indicate breastfeeding, birth complications, multiple gestation, smokers, in use of lactogogues or drugs not-indicated for breastfeeding.
Outcome results
None listed