Effect of Acupuncture or Massage on Health-Related Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine : Research on Paradigm, Practice, and Policy
Alexander BullenDanuta Trzebinska

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of acupuncture and massage on health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) among end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Pre-post test design. A hemodialysis (HD) unit located in a university hospital. Participants were given the option to choose between 20 min sessions of massage or acupuncture therapy once a week for 8 weeks by licensed acupuncturists and massage therapists while undergoing their usual HD session in the University of California, San Diego Chronic HD unit. Participants were asked to complete pre- and postintervention surveys, which consisted of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS™) Global Health Short Form and a Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale. A total of 101 patients were included in this study. The average age was 57.6 (standard deviation: 14.5) dialysis vintage 7.5 years, 58% patients were male and the most common etiology of ESRD was diabetic nephropathy (45%). Patients had multiple comorbidities as can be expected for this population with the most common being hypertension (94%), diabetes mellitus (53%), and cardiovascular disease (53%). In this brief intervention study, we were able to find a trend toward improvem...Continue Reading

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