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Efficacy and experience of acupuncture in treating residual symptoms of depression: a descriptive study

Efficacy and experience of acupuncture in treating residual symptoms of depression: a descriptive study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2025000135
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-01-16
Start date
2024-12-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-02-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

depression

Interventions

Interview subjects:NA

Sponsors

Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Capital Medical University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Age =18 years old; 2) Meeting the diagnostic criteria of DSM-5 or ICD-10 for depression the condition was recovered by visual analog scale =50% compared with that before treatment and the score of HAMD-17 was 8-17 points; (3) The patient received antidepressant treatment for at least 12 weeks before acupuncture and moxibustion treatment and was well tolerated and was currently in the consolidation or maintenance treatment period with intermittent treatment for no more than 2 weeks; 4) Acupuncture treatment was performed 3 times a week for 8 weeks; 5) Have certain language expression ability and voluntarily participate in this study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Alcohol substance abuse depression comorbidity and other mental disorders; 2) Patients with serious diseases of other organs; 3) participating in any other intervention at the same time; (4) People who are unable to fully communicate due to dialect and other factors affecting information collection or emotional instability and other factors and it is difficult to complete the entire interview process.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Patient-reported acupuncture efficacy;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Experience and Advantages/Disadvantages of Acupuncture Treatment;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactWang yuxian

Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Capital Medical University

ningfuxiaoxian@qq.com010-87906524

Outcome results

None listed

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