Clinical trial NCT03939221: Measure the Meridian Energy Change of Terminal Hospice Patient Via Meridian Energy Analysis Device
Official title: Measure the Meridian Energy Change of Terminal Hospice Patient Via Meridian Energy Analysis Device to Evaluated the Relationship of Clinical Symptoms and Alternative Medicine Effect.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Hospice
Survival
Alternative Medicine
Skin Electric Conductance
Keywords: skin electric conductance
survival period
complementary and alternative medicine
Lead sponsor: Changhua Christian Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-05-06
Enrollment: 200
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: In the hospice ward, there are lots of suffered hospital patients with multiple physical discomfort related to terminal disease. Investigators want to use an objective measure instrument to monitor the effects of complementary and alternative medicine and clinical symptoms. First, investigators use the Meridian Energy Analysis Device (MEAD) to measure the bilateral 12 Yuan points (primary points) of terminal hospice patients. It provides the prediction value between terminal disease and the change of different meridian energy. Besides, the meridian energy value maybe predict the survival period. Then, the intervention of complementary and alternative medicine can also monitor via MEAD.

Detailed description: In the hospice ward, there are lots of suffered hospital patients with multiple physical discomfort related to terminal disease. It may be caused by cancer or multiple kinds of organ failure. The terminal hospital patients have symptoms such as pain, dyspnea, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, constipation, ileus or edema..., etc. Investigators want to use an objective measure instrument to monitor the effects of complementary and alternative medicine.

First, investigators use the Meridian Energy Analysis Device (MEAD) to measure the bilateral 12 Yuan points (primary points) of terminal hospice patients (divided to cancer, multiple kinds of organ failure). It provides the prediction value between terminal disease and the change of different meridian energy. Besides, the meridian energy value maybe predict the survival period. Then, investigators use the intervention of complementary and alternative medicine (like infrared lamp and acupressure..., etc.) to improve the quality of life in the terminal hospice patients. Also, investigators will use the Meridian Energy Analysis Device, pain scale, vital signs and quality of life scale (SF-36) to evaluate the effects of complementary and alternative medicine.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients lived at our Changhua Christian Hospital hospice ward
* From 2019-02\~2020-12, age 20 to 99 years old, volunteer patient

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unwillingness
* Wound or amputation near wrist or ankle
* Severe agitation or seizure patients

Primary outcomes:
measure: The change of 24 points skin electric conductance over bilateral wrist and foot in terminal patients
timeFrame: through hospitalization period, an average of 1 month (after admission baseline evaluation and till discharge)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Changhua
country: Taiwan
facility: Changhua Christian Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Changhua Christian Hospital
name: Ming-Cheng Chung, Bachelor
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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