Clinical Research Of "Spirit-regulation Formula" With Acupuncture On Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

ObjectiveA randomized control trial was conducted in the research to evaluate the clinical effect on Chronic fatigue syndrome of "spirit-regulation formula" with acupuncture.Methods1.62 patients were randomly assigned to two groups. There were 32 cases in the observation group and 30 cases in the control group.2. Both of the two groups were afforded basic intervention. Treatment of "spirit-regulation formula" with acupuncture was afforded to observation group at the same time. The observation period was 6 weeks.3. FAI questionnaire and FS-14 questionnaire were used to evaluate the degree of fatigue of the patients. SAS questionnaire and SDS questionnaire were used to evaluate the degree of mood disorders. The above questionnaires were used before and after the treatment.4. SPSS 19.0 was used to analyze the data.Results1. There were significant differences between the scores of FAI, FS-14, SAS and SDS before and after the treatment in both the two groups (P<0.01), while there were significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05 or P <0.01) except the score of SDS(P>0.05).2. The total effective rate of the observation group was 83.33%, while the one of the control group was 62.5%. There was significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05).ConclusionThe two methods both have clinical efficacy, and the "spirit-regulation formula" with acupuncture is the better one.