Dizziness and Vertigo
Conditions
Brief summary
This study was conducted at China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, between January 2019 and December 2023, with 345 patients diagnosed with dizziness and vertigo (ICD-10 codes R42 and H81). Patients received acupuncture in addition to standard Western medical care. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to assess symptom severity before and after the acupuncture intervention. Secondary analyses explored the influence of ICD-10 classification, gender, and seasonality on treatment outcomes.
Interventions
OTHERAcupuncture
Once a patient with Vertigo and Dizziness came to the emergency department, emergency physicians ask if they were willing to accept acupuncture intervention in addition to the routine western medical care.
Sponsors
China Medical University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients who were diagnosed as ICD number R42 and H81
Exclusion criteria
Patients who were not suitable to accept acupuncture or refused to accept acupuncture
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) change | 30 minutes | The primary outcome in this study was the difference of Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) before and after intervention, aiming to assess if patient's condition got better after acupuncture. VAS is one of the pain rating scales, with the minimum value 0 and the maximum value 10, used for the first time in 1921 by Hayes and Patterson. From the patient's perspective, this spectrum appears continuous; their pain does not take discrete jumps, as a categorization of none, mild, moderate and severe would suggest. It was to capture this idea of an underlying continuum that the VAS was devised. |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed