ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC PATIENTS TREATED FOR LABOR PREPARATION:A PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

作     者：Elizabeth Soliday Patrice Hapke 

作者机构：Washington State University Vancouver Bastyr University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (结合医学学报(英文))

年 卷 期：2014年第3期

页      面：290-290页

学科分类：1005[医学-中医学] 100512[医学-针灸推拿学] 10[医学] 

摘      要：Objective: To describe characteristics of and treatment effects in *** who had acupuncture for labor preparation(cervical ripening).Although acupuncture is increasingly used in the U.S., few observational studies of acupuncture patients have been *** particular consideration for vulnerable populations, we focusedthis preliminary inquiry on pregnant ***: Observational study surveyed background characteristics, birth variables(setting, interventions), and treatment satisfaction among former clinic patients treated in *** response rate was 51.3% and yielded 66 participants treated for labor ***: Acupuncture points were selected according to traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) system of diagnosis and pattern differentiation and on modified version of Roemer’s Scheme(Mannheim Model; Roemer, 2005).Results: Patients were in their mid-30s, educated, and most were *** underwent a mean of 2.2(SD=1.0; range 1-4) treatments beginning in pregnancy week ***(25.8%) planned out-of-hospital *** birthing mothers’ birth intervention rates were lower than those reported in national surveys, with a medical induction rate of 13.6% compared to 34% in Decercq et al(2006) and an episiotomy rate of 4.6% compared to 25% in Declercq et *** 18.2% labored cesarean rate was comparable to the national data(Menacker & Hamilton, 2010).No out-of-hospital births transferred to hospital, but one(5.88%) required labor stimulation(suppository).Treatment satisfaction ranged from high to very ***: This preliminary study of a *** clinic sample suggests benefits in terms of reducing certain birth interventions, and patients found acupuncture care and effects to be *** high percentage of home birth indicates a need to address treatment effects and overall safety in this subgroup.