The Effect of Acupuncture on Anxiety and Working Memory
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Brief summary
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This study endeavors to examine the relationship between acupuncture, anxiety, and performance on a test of working memory. In the study, all participants will complete the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) survey to determine how anxious they are at the moment and how anxious they tend to be in general. Then ½ of subjects will receive acupuncture for 20 minutes and ½ will rest quietly for 20 minutes. After this period, all subjects will again complete the STAI survey. Then all subjects will complete the Automated Operations Span Task (AOSPAN) which is a computerized test of working memory. Statistical analysis will be performed to determine if acupuncture had any effect on State-level anxiety and on performance on the AOSPAN.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01492738
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 90 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 30 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 31, 2011
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2011
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2011
- Last update posted
- Apr 14, 2015
2011
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiffani Kim Institute | Chicago | Illinois | 60654 | — |
| A Center for Oriental Medicine | Wilmette | Illinois | 60091 | — |
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