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NCT Number: NCT06873217

Acupuncture for Dizziness and Vertigo in Emergency Department

This study was conducted at China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, between January 2019 and December 2023, with 345 patients diagnosed with dizziness and vertigo (ICD-10 codes R42 and H81). Patients received acupuncture in addition to standard Western medical care. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to assess symptom severity before and after the acupuncture intervention. Secondary analyses explored the influence of ICD-10 classification, gender, and seasonality on treatment outcomes.

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Key information

Conditions

Dizziness and Vertigo Dizziness Ear Diseases Labyrinth Diseases Nervous System Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Sensation Disorders Signs and Symptoms Vertigo Vestibular Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

China Medical University

Taichung, 404, Taiwan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patients who were diagnosed as ICD number R42 and H81

Exclusion criteria

Patients who were not suitable to accept acupuncture or refused to accept acupuncture

Treatment and study plan

Acupuncture

Other

Once a patient with Vertigo and Dizziness came to the emergency department, emergency physicians ask if they were willing to accept acupuncture intervention in addition to the routine western medical care.

Primary outcomes

  1. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) change

    Time frame: 30 minutes

    The primary outcome in this study was the difference of Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) before and after intervention, aiming to assess if patient's condition got better after acupuncture.

    VAS is one of the pain rating scales, with the minimum value 0 and the maximum value 10, used for the first time in 1921 by Hayes and Patterson. From the patient's perspective, this spectrum appears continuous; their pain does not take discrete jumps, as a categorization of none, mild, moderate and severe would suggest. It was to capture this idea of an underlying continuum that the VAS was devised.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

China Medical University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Acupuncture for Dizziness and Vertigo in Emergency Department: a Single-center, Self-control, Observational Clinical Study During 2019-2023

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Mar 12, 2025
Registry last updated
Mar 12, 2025

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