Clinical efficacy observation of acupoint thread-embedding in treating obese patients with food addiction
- VernacularTitle:穴位埋线治疗肥胖合并食物成瘾患者的临床疗效观察
- Author:
Ling-Ling JI
;
Ba-Si OUYANG
;
Jie SHEN
;
Ying LUO
;
Ya-Wen JIANG
;
Bing-Wei AI
;
Jue HONG
- Keywords:
Acupoint Therapy;
Embedding Therapy;
Obesity;
Food Addiction;
Yale Food Addiction Scale;
Randomized Controlled Trial
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2021;19(3):193-199
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To observe the effects of acupoint thread-embedding therapy and low-carbohydrate diet therapy on obese patients with food addiction. Methods: Sixty-five eligible patients were randomized into a thread-embedding group of 33 cases and a diet group of 32 cases to respectively receive 12-week treatment. Before treatment, after treatment and at 6-month follow-up, the two groups were observed and compared in terms of body mass (BM), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), body mass index (BMI), body fat rate (BFR), basal metabolic rate (BMR) and Yale food addiction scale version 2.0 (YFAS 2.0). Results: At the end of treatment, there were no significant differences in the general efficacy, and the improvements in BM, BMI, WC, HC, WHR and BFR between the thread-embedding group and diet group (all P>0.05). At follow-up, the thread-embedding group showed more significant improvements in all the aforementioned indicators compared with the diet group except HC (all P<0.05). At the end of treatment and follow-up, BMR and YFSA 2.0 had more significant improvements in the thread-embedding group than in the diet group (all P<0.05). Conclusion: Acupoint thread-embedding therapy can produce significant efficacy in treating obese patients with food addiction; it can improve the food addiction state and work better in maintaining the efficacy compared with low-carbohydrate diet therapy.
