The Effects of Self-Moxibustion Therapy on Subjective Physical Symptoms and Health-related Quality of Life of the Elderly. The Effects of Self-Moxibustion Therapy

The Effects of Self-Moxibustion Therapy on Subjective Physical Symptoms and Health-related Quality of Life of the Elderly.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01804569

Acronym

moxa

Enrollment

Registered

2013-03-05

Start date

2013-04-30

Completion date

2013-05-31

Last updated

2013-09-10

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Conditions

Health Improvement of the Elderly

Brief summary

There will be significant differences between control and experimental group after the moxibustion intervention as to, subjective physical symptoms and quality of life.

Interventions

OTHERmoxibustion

modernly developed moxibustion treatment device with safe cover on top of it.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Male and female older adults age between 65-85 * Agree to participate and sign for the trail after understanding of study purpose, and method. * Able to answer for questions by verbally or literally * Able to participate in 2weeks after follow-up

Exclusion criteria

* Having physical disorder such as thyroids, severe heart disease, dietetic mellitus, severe liver disease, allergy * Subjects who can not attend more than 3 times of intervention session * Subjects who are eligible by the decision of investigator

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
subjective physiological symptoms	2 weeks after the intervention

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of Life	2 weeks after the intervention

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026