None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Medical Device : All participants will receive Thread Embedding Acupuncture once a week for 8 weeks at the acupoints (CV3, SP6, KI3, BL33, BL35)
Sponsors
Dongguk University Gyeongju Campus
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Women over 40 years old who were not pregnant. • Those with amenorrhea for at least one year and no history of hormone replacement therapy in the last six months. • Those with frequent and urgent urination lasting more than three months. • Those who met the diagnostic criteria for OAB and had a total score of three or more in the Korean version of OABSS (Overactive Bladder Symptom Score). • Those with an average urinary frequency of eight or more times a day and urinary urgency as defined by the URS (Urgency Rating Scale) as two or more points in the bladder diary or UUI (Urgent Urinary Incontinence) in a three-day bladder diary over a one-week screening period, or both. • Those who agreed with this clinical study after sufficient explanation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Those diagnosed with UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) by a urine examination. • Those with stress urinary incontinence without OAB symptoms. • Those suspected of urinary dysfunction due to neurological damage. • Those with a history of cystocele, uterine prolapse or similar diseases. • Those with a history of obstructive uropathy conditions, such as urolithiasis or urinary tract tumors. • Those with a history of surgery in urethra or bladder. • Those with a history of urinary tract malignancies. • Those with a history of neurological or psychiatric disease. • Those with an artificial pacemaker or ICD (Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator) in the chest. • Those having experienced hypersensitivity or any other side effects after acupuncture treatment. • Those having been involved in other clinical trials in the last three months. • Those having taken a treatment drug that may affect bladder function within one month after the commencement of this trial. • Those with insufficient literacy to write study documents.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the number of micturitions per 24 hours | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the daytime and nocturnal micturitions per 24 hours, the total number of urinary urgency for three days, and the total number of UUI for three days, OABSS, KHQ | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactSUJI CHOI
Dongguk University Ilsan Oriental Hospital
Outcome results
None listed