neurobehavioral dysfunction
Conditions
Interventions
Group A(Electro-acupuncture group):electro-acupuncture stimulation on Du Meridian specific acupoints
Group B(Manual acupuncture shallow stimulation group):shallow puncture on DU meridian specific points
Group C(Blank control group):does not offer any acupuncture intervention
Sponsors
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Exposed to the high level noise more than 3 years; 2. Complained of memory deficit more than 3 months; 3. Score of MOCA is in line with standard of cognitive impairment,and <26; 4. Aged 18 to 60 years, both men and women; 5. There is a certain level of education, previous to read simple newspaper articles and write simple little article; 6. No listening and language barriers; 7. Volunteer who have good compliance and signed informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Cognitive impairment by a reason other than the cause of noise,such as Cerebral hemorrhage, encephalitis, epilepsy, cancer, multiple sclerosis, mental illness, hypothyroidism, alcohol or drug abuse; 2. People who has severe vision, hearing impairment; 3. Suffering from certain diseases can interfere with cognitive function evaluation, like alcoholics, a cognitive impairment caused by head injury, to be addicts over the past 5 years by the standard of DSM-IV or Other psychotropic drugs abusers; 4. Depression or other mental disorders; 5. Psychiatric disorders, mental retardation or poor cognitive performance; 6. There are other diseases, especially liver, kidney or heart failure.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| MOCA;MMSE;NCTB; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scale;SAS;SDS;electroencephalogram (EEG);nerve growth factor (NGF); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYongjun CHEN
Southern China research center of acupuncture and moxibustion, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed