Effects of electro-acupuncture on personality traits in depression: A randomized controlled study

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• 作者：Wei-dong Wang /a> (1)
  Xue-yu Lu (1)
  Siu-man Ng (2)
  Lan Hong < (1)
  Yang Zhao (1)
  Ying-na Lin V (1)
  Fang Wang (1)
  
• 关键词：depression ; personality adjusting ; paroxetine ; electro ; acupuncture ; Minnesota Multiple Personality Inventory
• 刊名：Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：October 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：19
• 期：10
• 页码：777-782
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• 作者单位：Wei-dong Wang /a> (1)
  Xue-yu Lu (1)
  Siu-man Ng (2)
  Lan Hong < (1)
  Yang Zhao (1)
  Ying-na Lin V (1)
  Fang Wang (1)
  
  1. Department of Psychology, Guangnmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China
  2. Department of Social Work and Social Administration, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
  
• ISSN：1993-0402

文摘

Objective To explore the personality-adjusting effect of electro-acupuncture treatment for depression and compared this treatment with paroxetine treatment. Methods A non-blinded, randomized controlled trial was adopted. Sixty depressed patients, who met trial criteria, were randomly assigned to the treatment and the control groups. In the treatment group, electro-acupuncture treatment was used, and paroxetine treatment was used in the control group. During the 24-week study period, 12 patients dropped out and 48 patients completed the study. The Minnesota Multiple Personality Inventory (MMPI) was adopted as the evaluation tool. At the same time, the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) were used to evaluate the psychological state. Evaluations were done before and after treatment. Results After treatment, patientspsychological state improved significantly in both groups (P<0.01). For the treatment group, within-group comparison between baseline and after 24 weeks of treatment showed that severity of depression had significantly decreased (P<0.01). MADRS and SDS scores decreased significantly (P<0.05) and MMPI subscale scores for hypochondriasis, depression, psychopathic deviate, psychasthenia, social introversion and fake decreased significantly (P<0.05). For the control group, severity of depression also decreased significantly. MADRS and SDS scores decreased significantly (P<0.05); and MMPI subscale scores for hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, paranoia, and psychasthenia decreased significantly (P<0.05). Between-group comparison demonstrated that for the MMPI subscales paranoia and social introversion, the decrease of score was greater in the treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05). However, there were no other significant differences between the control group and the treatment group. Conclusion Electro-acupuncture is effective for treating depression and affects personality traits.