针灸治疗抑郁症躯体化症状的临床研究概况

Acupuncture Therapy for Somatization Symptoms of Depression:A Review of The Clinical Research

目的归纳总结针灸治疗抑郁症躯体化症状的临床应用现状和特点。方法检索近10年来针灸治疗抑郁症躯体化症状的文献,对于病种、试验设计、研究对象、干预措施、疗效评价等进行分析比较。结果中医针灸已诊治一定数量的抑郁症躯体化症状,疗效明显,但临床试验质量普遍偏低,干扰因素较多,试验周期较短,缺乏随访或随访周期过短。以上问题对于今后针刺治疗抑郁症相关躯体化症状的研究可提供反思与方向。

Objective This paper is aimed at summarizing the status and characteristic of clinical application of acupuncture therapy in treating somatization symptoms of depression.Methods The author searched the essays about acupuncture therapy in treating somatization symptoms of depression in the last ten years,analyzing the disease types,trail designs,subjects,interventions,therapeutic evaluations,etc.Results Acupuncture has treated numbers of somatization symptoms of depression,and has significant curative effects.However,the quality of the clinical research is not optimistic,with some problems,for instance,many interferences,short intervention-period,no or not enough follow-up period.These problems may delight future research on acupuncture for somatization symptoms of depression.