Influence of early acupuncture intervention combined with functional training on quality of life for patients with stroke

VernacularTitle:早期针灸治疗配合功能训练对脑卒中患者生存质量的影响
Author: Jie YIN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Acupuncture; Functional training; Stroke; Quality of life
From: Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2014;21(2):216-218
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect of early acupuncture intervention combined with functional training on quality of life for patients with stroke.Methods 110 stroke patients were randomly divided into the observation group and control group,55 cases in each group.The control group received conventional hospital treatment and related functions training,while the observation group was given early acupuncture interventions and related treatment on the basis of the control group.All the patients were treated for 1 month.At the end of treatment and 3 months after discharge,their quality of life score (SS-QOL) were compared.Results The SS-QOL scores showed significant improvement in all aspects than before treatment,the differences were statistically significant(control group t =6.009,7.126,observation group t =6.140,7.092,all P ＜0.05).The improvement of SS-QOL scores of the observation group was significantly better than the control group (t =5.448,7.036,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Early acupuncture intervention combined with functional training can significantly improve the day-to-day quality of life,and it is worth further promoted in clinical.