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Impact of ejaculation upon effect of acupuncture on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Acupuncture can improve chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Ejaculation frequencies might impact the conditions of CP/CPPS. The present study aimed to explore the impact of different ejaculation frequencies on the effect of acupuncture among men with CP/CPPS. METH...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10134442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37122487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2023.100943 |
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author | Zhu, Lili Fang, Jiufei Sun, Yuanjie Yang, Min Yao, Hao Liu, Zhishun |
author_facet | Zhu, Lili Fang, Jiufei Sun, Yuanjie Yang, Min Yao, Hao Liu, Zhishun |
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description | BACKGROUND: Acupuncture can improve chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Ejaculation frequencies might impact the conditions of CP/CPPS. The present study aimed to explore the impact of different ejaculation frequencies on the effect of acupuncture among men with CP/CPPS. METHODS: This was a secondary analysis of the data from a multicenter, randomized, clinical trial. Eligible participants were patients with moderate to severe CP/CPPS, who had taken 8-week acupuncture treatment, and followed until week 32. Participants fell into the category of 0–3, 4–7, or at least 8 according to their monthly ejaculation frequencies reported at baseline. The primary outcome was the proportion of responders, defined as men who reported at least 6 points reduction from baseline in the National Institute of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH—CPSI) total score at weeks 8 and 32. RESULTS: 214 participants were included in this secondary analysis, of whom 42 reported a monthly ejaculation frequency of 0–3, 89 reported a frequency of 4–7, and 83 reported a frequency of at least 8. At week 8, 52.20% participants with an ejaculation frequency of 0–3 responded to the acupuncture treatment, 65.38% participants with a frequency of 4–7 responded, and 63.09% participants with a frequency of at least 8 responded. At week 32, 56.14%, 59.57%, and 68.36% participants responded in the three groups, respectively. No significant differences were observed between three groups (all P>0.05). CONCLUSION: Acupuncture can improve symptoms of CP/CPPS, regardless of ejaculation frequencies. Ejaculation frequencies may not affect the efficacy of acupuncture on CP/CPPS among Chinese men. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03213938 |
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spelling | pubmed-101344422023-04-28 Impact of ejaculation upon effect of acupuncture on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial Zhu, Lili Fang, Jiufei Sun, Yuanjie Yang, Min Yao, Hao Liu, Zhishun Integr Med Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Acupuncture can improve chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Ejaculation frequencies might impact the conditions of CP/CPPS. The present study aimed to explore the impact of different ejaculation frequencies on the effect of acupuncture among men with CP/CPPS. METHODS: This was a secondary analysis of the data from a multicenter, randomized, clinical trial. Eligible participants were patients with moderate to severe CP/CPPS, who had taken 8-week acupuncture treatment, and followed until week 32. Participants fell into the category of 0–3, 4–7, or at least 8 according to their monthly ejaculation frequencies reported at baseline. The primary outcome was the proportion of responders, defined as men who reported at least 6 points reduction from baseline in the National Institute of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH—CPSI) total score at weeks 8 and 32. RESULTS: 214 participants were included in this secondary analysis, of whom 42 reported a monthly ejaculation frequency of 0–3, 89 reported a frequency of 4–7, and 83 reported a frequency of at least 8. At week 8, 52.20% participants with an ejaculation frequency of 0–3 responded to the acupuncture treatment, 65.38% participants with a frequency of 4–7 responded, and 63.09% participants with a frequency of at least 8 responded. At week 32, 56.14%, 59.57%, and 68.36% participants responded in the three groups, respectively. No significant differences were observed between three groups (all P>0.05). CONCLUSION: Acupuncture can improve symptoms of CP/CPPS, regardless of ejaculation frequencies. Ejaculation frequencies may not affect the efficacy of acupuncture on CP/CPPS among Chinese men. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03213938 Elsevier 2023-06 2023-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10134442/ /pubmed/37122487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2023.100943 Text en © 2023 Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Zhu, Lili Fang, Jiufei Sun, Yuanjie Yang, Min Yao, Hao Liu, Zhishun Impact of ejaculation upon effect of acupuncture on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial |
title | Impact of ejaculation upon effect of acupuncture on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial |
title_full | Impact of ejaculation upon effect of acupuncture on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial |
title_fullStr | Impact of ejaculation upon effect of acupuncture on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of ejaculation upon effect of acupuncture on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial |
title_short | Impact of ejaculation upon effect of acupuncture on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial |
title_sort | impact of ejaculation upon effect of acupuncture on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10134442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37122487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2023.100943 |
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