The effect of two types of minimal acupuncture on stooling, sleeping and feeding in infants with colic: secondary analysis of a multicentre RCT in Sweden (ACU-COL).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence for the effect of minimal acupuncture in infants with colic is limited.

Aim

To compare the effect of standardized minimal acupuncture, individualized acupuncture (where traditional acupuncture points were chosen according to the infant's symptoms) and no acupuncture on objective measures of stooling, feeding and sleeping in infants with colic (based on diaries) and perceived changes in these parameters (based on parental questionnaires).

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of a multicentre randomized controlled three-armed trial conducted in four counties in Sweden between January 2013 and May 2015 (ACU-COL). The effect on crying has already been published and showed a decrease in crying time for the acupuncture groups. Infants, 2-8 weeks old, wh

SUBMITTER: Landgren K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7961620 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature