Chronic pelvic pain
Conditions
Interventions
Acupuncture group:Acupuncture at specific acupuncture
Acupuncture combined with moxibustion with separated medication group:Acupuncture at specific acupoints combined with moxibustion with separated medicinal cakes
Sponsors
Acupuncture Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
22 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Those who meet the diagnostic criteria of SPID; (2) Women aged 22 to 50, married or unmarried with a history of sexual life; (3) Chronic pelvic pain, and the average degree of pain assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale in the past week was =4 points; (4) Those who voluntarily participate in this trial and sign a written informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Those with related symptoms caused by other diseases such as ectopic pregnancy, ovarian cyst torsion/rupture, endometriosis, adenomyosis, pelvic venous congestion, and tuberculous pelvic inflammatory disease; (2) Those with acute exacerbation of pelvic inflammatory disease; (3) Those who have received acupuncture, moxibustion with interlaced moxibustion or traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease in the past month; (4) Those with severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, liver and kidney diseases, malignant tumors, hematopoietic system diseases and mental disorders.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Visual Analogue Scale for Chronic Pelvic Pain; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Brief Pain Inventory;Quantitative standard scoring for symptom classification in Traditional Chinese medicine;Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale;EQ-5D-5L;WHO QOL-BREF;Patient global impression of change; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactHuanfang Xu
Institute of Acupuncture, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed