The effects of acupuncture and meditation for anxiety, depression and sleep quality of female infertility patients: a single-blind, randomized controlled trial.

A systematic study on the criteria of syndrome differentiation of kidney Yang deficiency in infertility

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2000038921

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2020-10-10

Start date

2020-10-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-01-05

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Conditions

Infertility

Interventions

Group 1:acupuncture and meditation

Group 2:acupuncture

Group 3:meditation

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

20 Years to 49 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Female, aged between 20 and 49 years; 2. Patients with infertility diagnosis; 3. Patients who are willing to join the study and sign informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with a history of mental illness (severe anxiety, depression, schizophrenia); 2. Patients with coagulation dysfunction, blood infection (viral hepatitis, HIV), malignant tumor, diabetic neuropathy or complicated with severe heart disease, kidney disease and liver disease; 3. Patients who participated in other clinical trials in the past three months.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS);	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Self-rating depression scale (SDS);Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI);	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactHua Lu

Chengdu University of TCM

lh18980880525@126.com+86 13668219665

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026