Acupuncture for Anxiety in Women With Breast Cancer: A Feasibility Study

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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

To assess the efficacy of acupuncture treatment in reducing symptoms of anxiety in women recently diagnosed with cancer. • To assess the efficacy of acupuncture treatment on improving perceived quality of life in women recently diagnosed with cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00322504

Run by

University of New Mexico

People needed

10

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2006-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-01-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Woman age 18 years or older excluding the need for parental/guardian permission.
• Histologic diagnosis of breast cancer.
• Having a minimum anxiety score of 1.75 on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL) with sufficient English language proficiency for the investigators to make this determination.
• Able to give informed consent.
• Willingness to participate in the study and receive 10 acupuncture treatments in 5 weeks.
• Ability to fill out questionnaires and communicate with the research staff

You may not qualify if…

• Males with breast cancer
• Psychoses or a major personality disorder
• Current use of opiates,

Where it is running

• University of New Mexico — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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