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| Title |
Acupuncture for chronic, stable angina pectoris and an investigation of the characteristics of acupoint specificity: study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
Trials, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-15-50 |
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| Authors |
Dehua Li, Mingxiao Yang, Ling Zhao, Hui Zheng, Ying Li, Xiaorong Chang, Jin Cui, Ruihui Wang, Jing Shi, Junling Lv, Junyan Leng, Juan Li, Fanrong Liang |
| Abstract |
Chronic stable angina pectoris (CSAP) is a common cardiovascular condition that endangers a patient's life quality and longevity. As demonstrated in several clinical trials, acupuncture is attested to be effective for CSAP. Current trials are not adequate enough to provide high-quality evidence for clinical decision making, as a result of inadequate methodology design and small sample size. Notably, stark controversy toward acupoint specificity also exists in the clinical acupuncture trials for CSAP. Therefore, we designed the present study as a randomized controlled trial primarily to investigate the effectiveness of acupuncture in addition to routine care among patients with CSAP. Meanwhile, we examined whether acupoint on the disease-affected meridian (DAM) is superior to either acupoint on the non-affected meridian (NAM) or non-acupoint (NA), to further investigate the meridian-based characteristics of acupoint specificity. |
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| United Kingdom | 2 | 33% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 78 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 12 | 15% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 9% |
| Researcher | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 21% |
| Unknown | 25 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 34% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 8% |
| Psychology | 3 | 4% |
| Sports and Recreations | 3 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 14% |
| Unknown | 28 | 35% |