Acupuncture for pain management in children with sickle cell disease

Mahmood, Laila; Reece-Stremtan, Sarah; Idiokitas, Risi; Martin, Benjamin D.; Margulies, Stefanie; Hardy, Steven; Bost, James E.; Darbari, Deepika S.

doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2019.102287

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“…Out of 12 participants, 11/12 (92%) tolerated acupuncture well and 7 patients received >1 sessions of acupuncture, demonstrating an ongoing interest in therapy [20]. One person got superficial scratches from intradermal stick-on needles and declined further therapy, however, 100% of 11 felt it was a good experience with 73% specifically expressing improvement in pain/feeling good after the session [20]. Among the 15 sessions where pre-and post-acupuncture pain scores were documented, the mean preacupuncture pain score was 6.17 ± 2.73 and the mean post acupuncture was 5.23 ± 2.46 (mean ± SD) [20].…”

Section: Effectiveness Of Cammentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Any interventions that alleviate pain and decrease analgesics use are well received by patients. Biofeedback, yoga, guided imagery, virtual reality, massage therapy, acupuncture show promising results in reducing the pain in this population [15][16][17][18][19][20]. These techniques may be used alone or in combination with conventional treatments.…”

Section: Effectiveness Of Cammentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Contrary to popular belief, children tolerate acupuncture well and find it helpful [22]. Mahmood et al [20] investigated acupuncture as a pain management tool for kids with SCD. Out of 12 participants, 11/12 (92%) tolerated acupuncture well and 7 patients received >1 sessions of acupuncture, demonstrating an ongoing interest in therapy [20].…”

Section: Effectiveness Of Cammentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mahmood et al [20] investigated acupuncture as a pain management tool for kids with SCD. Out of 12 participants, 11/12 (92%) tolerated acupuncture well and 7 patients received >1 sessions of acupuncture, demonstrating an ongoing interest in therapy [20]. One person got superficial scratches from intradermal stick-on needles and declined further therapy, however, 100% of 11 felt it was a good experience with 73% specifically expressing improvement in pain/feeling good after the session [20].…”

Section: Effectiveness Of Cammentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One person got superficial scratches from intradermal stick-on needles and declined further therapy, however, 100% of 11 felt it was a good experience with 73% specifically expressing improvement in pain/feeling good after the session [20]. Among the 15 sessions where pre-and post-acupuncture pain scores were documented, the mean preacupuncture pain score was 6.17 ± 2.73 and the mean post acupuncture was 5.23 ± 2.46 (mean ± SD) [20]. The average difference in pain scores from pre-to post-acupuncture sessions was 0.933 with a standard deviation of 1.03 and, after accounting for repeated measures per person, was statistically significantly different from 0 (p<0.000) [20].…”

Section: Effectiveness Of Cammentioning

confidence: 99%

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Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Prevalence and Factors Associated with Use

Alsabri¹,

Viswanathan²,

Castillo³

et al. 2020

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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common hematologic disorders in the world. In the United States, it is the single most common genetic hematologic disorder. The burden of SCD and its complications on pediatric patients is tremendous, especially acute vaso-occlusive pain crises. Although allopathic medicine has provided numerous pain medications to treat this, they do not come without side effects and are not always effective. This review explores complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) methods of pain management available for pediatric SCD patients. A PubMed literature search was conducted, and the reference lists of shortlisted studies and review articles were screened after application of the exclusion criteria; 14 articles were used in this literature analysis. A wide range of CAM therapies exist. Common ones include praying, spirituality, and massage. Factors associated with CAM use are parental use of CAM, gender, SCD/pain severity, patient’s age, caregiver’s education level, and in some cases, financial means to access CAM methods. CAM has shown to be effective in reducing pain, patients’ depression and anxiety, analgesic use, and in increasing daily functioning. Thus, CAM has demonstrated potential in reducing pain and improving the quality of life of pediatric SCD patients. It holds great promise to be regularly encouraged by providers and employed by patients. Further research is needed on a larger scale to better study its efficacy; however, CAM use has repeatedly been associated with improved functioning and pain control.

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Section: Effectiveness Of Cammentioning

confidence: 98%