Acupuncture for infantile colic: a blinding-validated, randomized controlled multicentre trial in general practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Infantile colic is a painful condition in the first months of infancy. Acupuncture is used in Scandinavia as a treatment for infantile colic. A randomized controlled trial was carried out with the aim of testing the hypothesis that acupuncture treatment has a clinically relevant effect for this condition.

Design

A prospective, blinding-validated, randomized controlled multicentre trial in general practice. Research assistants and parents were blinded.

Setting

13 GPs' offices in Southern Norway.

Intervention

Three days of bilateral needling of the acupuncture point ST36, with no treatment as control.

Subjects

113 patients were recruited; 23 patients were excluded, and 90 randomized; 79 diaries and 84 interviews were analysed.

Main outcome mea

SUBMITTER: Skjeie H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3860294 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature