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Schlee, Winfried ; Simoes, Jorge ; Pryss, Rüdiger C.

Auricular Acupressure Combined with Self-Help Intervention for Treating Chronic Tinnitus: A Longitudinal Observational Study

Schlee, Winfried, Simoes, Jorge und Pryss, Rüdiger C. (2021) Auricular Acupressure Combined with Self-Help Intervention for Treating Chronic Tinnitus: A Longitudinal Observational Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine 10 (18), S. 4201.

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 21 Feb 2022 10:28
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.51778


Zusammenfassung

Tinnitus is a phantom sound perception in the ears or head and can arise from many different medical disorders. Currently, there is no standard treatment for tinnitus that reliably reduces tinnitus. Individual patients reported that acupressure at various points around the ear can help to reduce tinnitus, which was investigated here. With this longitudinal observational study, we report a ...

Tinnitus is a phantom sound perception in the ears or head and can arise from many different medical disorders. Currently, there is no standard treatment for tinnitus that reliably reduces tinnitus. Individual patients reported that acupressure at various points around the ear can help to reduce tinnitus, which was investigated here. With this longitudinal observational study, we report a systematic evaluation of auricular acupressure on 39 tinnitus sufferers, combined with a self-help smartphone app. The participants were asked to report on tinnitus, stress, mood, neck, and jaw muscle tensions twice a day using an ecological momentary assessment study design for six weeks. On average, 123.6 questionnaires per person were provided and used for statistical analysis. The treatment responses of the participants were heterogeneous. On average, we observed significant negative trends for tinnitus loudness (Cohen's d effect size: -0.861), tinnitus distress (d = -0.478), stress (d = -0.675), and tensions in the neck muscles (d = -0.356). Comparison with a matched control group revealed significant improvements for tinnitus loudness (p = 0.027) and self-reported stress level (p = 0.003). The positive results of the observational study motivate further research including a randomized clinical trial and long-term assessment of the clinical improvement.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftJournal of Clinical Medicine
Verlag:MDPI
Ort der Veröffentlichung:BASEL
Band:10
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:18
Seitenbereich:S. 4201
Datum16 September 2021
InstitutionenMedizin > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
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WertTyp
10.3390/jcm10184201DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsTHERAPY; STRESS; tinnitus; acupressure; self-help; ecological momentary assessment; stress
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-517783
Dokumenten-ID51778

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