Journal
COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
Volume 43, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101372
Keywords
Radiotherapy; Acupuncture training; Feasibility trial; Cancer; Acupuncture; Pragmatic trial
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- UCLH Charity Fund
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The feasibility trial showed that providing cancer patients with the opportunity to receive acupuncture within their routine NHS care is acceptable and valued, with participants perceiving positive impacts of the treatment. However, quantitative analysis revealed no significant differences between those receiving acupuncture and those not in terms of outcome measures.
Objective: We conducted a feasibility trial of acupuncture in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy treatment. The trial included training radiographers to deliver acupuncture within patients? routine NHS care. Methods: Mixed methods pragmatic randomized parallel-group exploratory feasibility trial comparing standard care to standard care plus acupuncture. Results: Most aspects of the research design and acupuncture intervention were acceptable to the 101 participants. Participants? valued the opportunity to receive acupuncture within their NHS care, perceived the treatment as eliciting a number of beneficial effects, and had a positive impact on their NHS cancer treatment. However, quantitative analysis of outcome measure data revealed no consistent significant differences between those receiving standard care and those receiving standard care plus acupuncture. Conclusion: It is feasible to implement acupuncture in a busy radiotherapy unit provided by specially trained radiographers. The methodology employed appears acceptable for the evaluation of acupuncture for radiotherapy patients.
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