Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Anxiety Among Patients With Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

One of the ordinary manifestations of Parkinson disease (PD) is anxiety, which remains untreated. Anxiety is closely associated with the accelerated progression of PD. Efficacy of acupuncture for anxiety has been reported. However, to date, there are no data on acupuncture's effectiveness on anxiety for patients with PD.

Objective

To investigate the effect of acupuncture vs sham acupuncture for treating anxiety in patients with PD.

Design, setting, and participants

This is randomized, double-blinded, clinical trial enrolled patients between June 20, 2021, and February 26, 2022. Final follow-up was April 15, 2022. Patients with Parkinson disease and anxiety were allocated randomly (1:1) to receive acupuncture or sham acupuncture for 8 weeks. Acupuncture oper

SUBMITTER: Fan JQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9494193 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature