Acupuncture to Treat the Symptoms of Patients in a Palliative Care Setting

Romeo, Melissa; Parton, Barbara; Russo, Rachel A.; Hays, Lewis S.; Conboy, Lisa

doi:10.1016/j.explore.2015.06.001

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“…Systematic reviews of clinical trials into the effectiveness of acupuncture in palliative care (Garcia, 2013;Hu, 2016;Lian, 2014;Standish, 2008;Towler, 2013;Wei-Ling, 2013;Wu, 2015) and other quantitative studies evaluating impact using disease-specific outcome measures (Busuyi, 2014a,b;Dean-Clower, 2010;Kozak, 2008;Leng, 1999;Oneschuk, 2007;Romeo, 2015) show acupuncture as a potentially positive therapy. The studies collectively suggest that acupuncture may be valuable for palliative relief of symptoms.…”

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Acupuncture in hospice settings: A qualitative exploration of patients’ experiences

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Whilst acupuncture has the potential to impact on many aspects of health and well-being, including end-of-life care, there is little research regarding patients' experiences of its effects within the context of palliative care in hospice settings. The aim of this study was to address this gap, by exploring patients' experiences of acupuncture within this setting. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a sample of eighteen patients who had received acupuncture as part of hospice care. Transcription of data, with thematic analysis, identified two overarching themes: (1) participant perceptions of the effects of acupuncture including pain control, improved physical and emotional health, spiritual well-being and awareness of health as a holistic phenomenon; and (2) factors which participants believed enabled acupuncture to have these effects including the quality of the practitioner relationship, engagement of participants in the process of their treatment and prior expectations that acupuncture could work. Acupuncture was found to be a highly acceptable, accessible and popular treatment with positive holistic effects reported across the domains of physical, mental and spiritual health and no serious adverse effects. By enabling awareness of the holistic nature of health and well-being, acupuncture was experienced as having the potential to contribute to a better death, an emergent theory that needs testing in further studies. In the meanwhile, the results of this study offer encouragement to hospices currently providing or considering investing in acupuncture provision.

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Acupuncture in hospice settings: A qualitative exploration of patients’ experiences

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“…Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in treating some of the symptoms of GWI as evident in published research studies, specifically for pain, 5 anxiety, and depression. 6 The parent study to this project demonstrated clinically and statistically significant improvement in SF-36 physical and McGill Pain Index scores in the group randomized to receive individualized Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) acupuncture treatments twice per week for 6 months. 4 Preliminary research indicates that acupuncture may be effective in the management of complex conditions that share a similar cluster of symptoms of pain, sleep, and mood problems such as GWI 4 and fibromyalgia.…”

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Matrix Analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicine Differential Diagnoses in Gulf War Illness

Taylor-Swanson

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Schnyer

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The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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This is the first published article that organizes and defines TCM differential diagnoses using Matrix Analysis; currently, there are no TCM frameworks for GWI. These findings are preliminary given the sample size and the amount of missing data at 6 months. Characterization of the TCM clinical presentation of veterans suffering from GWI may help us better understand the potential role that East Asian medicine may play in managing veterans with GWI and the design of effective acupuncture treatments based on TCM. The development of a TCM manual for treating GWI is merited.

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“…Se destacan los resultados de Romeo, et al 59 , quienes realizaron un estudio en el que pudo demostrar la efectividad de la acupuntura en la reducción y alivio de los síntomas que comúnmente afectan la calidad de vida del paciente, algunos de ellos con enfermedades neurológicas. La acupuntura redujo efectivamente los síntomas como la depresión y la ansiedad y mejoró las sensaciones de bienestar.…”

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Abordaje de los sintomas neurológicosdesde la perspectiva de los cuidados paliativos

Alfonso

Alba

Ospina

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Objetivo: Abordar los síntomas neurológicos desde la perspectiva de los cuidados paliativos a través de la revisión de literatura científica disponible teniendo en cuenta los componentes teóricos del Modelo Revisado del Manejo de Síntomas de Marylin J. Dodd. Metodología: Siguiendo los pasos propuestos por la declaración Prisma, se realizó revisión sistemática de las publicaciones realizadas entre el año 2002 y 2017 de artículos relacionados que abordaban los síntomas neurológicos desde la perspectiva del cuidado paliativo aplicando los componentes del Modelo Revisado del Manejo de Síntomas de Marylin J. Dodd, los cuales incluyen la experiencia del síntoma, los componentes de las estrategias para el manejo de síntomas y el resultado en términos del estado y el impacto del síntoma. Resultados: De los 60 articulos identificados inicalmente, 50 cumplieron con los criterios de selección y se clasificaron según las categorias de la Teoría Manejo de síntomas. Conclusiones: El aporte multidisciplinario optimiza el control de síntomas y la calidad de vida, pero son las enfermeras las responsables de detectar las respuestas humanas y distinguir entre el dolor y la agitación, equilibrar los riesgos de sub y sobremedicación y la posibilidad de acelerar la muerte. Se necesitan enfoques innovadores para alinear los comportamientos profesionales de la salud con el mejor cuidado donde se incluya una atención integral que mejore significativamente la atención al paciente.

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Acupuncture to Treat the Symptoms of Patients in a Palliative Care Setting

Cited by 17 publications

References 25 publications

Acupuncture in hospice settings: A qualitative exploration of patients’ experiences

Acupuncture in hospice settings: A qualitative exploration of patients’ experiences

Matrix Analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicine Differential Diagnoses in Gulf War Illness

Abordaje de los sintomas neurológicosdesde la perspectiva de los cuidados paliativos

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