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Type:	Artigo de Periódico
Title:	The combination of traditional and auricular acupuncture to prevent xerostomia and anxiety in irradiated patients with HNSCC: a preventive, parallel, single-blind, 2-arm controlled study
Authors:	Agna Soares da Silva Menezes Gabriela Luize Guimarães Sanches Emisael Stênio Batista Gomes Raquel Gusmão Soares Cristina Paixão Durães Larissa Lopes Fonseca Arlen de Paulo Santiago Filho Adriana Aparecida Almeida de Aguiar Ribeiro Jairo Evangelista Nascimento Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos Alfredo Maurício Batista de Paula Lucyana Conceição Farias André Luís Sena Guimarães
Abstract:	Objective: the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of acupuncture on xerostomia in irradiated patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Study Design: a preventive, 2-arm, parallel, single-blind trial was performed. Patients with HNSCC (N = 296) were checked for eligibility, and 107 patients were enrolled in the study. The study comprised 1 group that did not receive the intervention (n = 55) and the interventional group that received traditional and auricular acupuncture (n = 52). The primary outcome was the reduction of the patients’ xerostomia after treatment. In addition, the secondary outcome was the reduction of anxiety. Results: the current acupuncture protocol reduced the xerostomia score and increased saliva volume and density without changing salivary pH. Additionally, acupuncture decreased the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) score after radiation therapy. Conclusion: combining traditional and auricular acupuncture reduced xerostomia and increased saliva volume without changing the saliva's pH in irradiated patients with HNSCC. Additionally, the combination of traditional and auricular acupuncture reduced BAI scores.
Subject:	Câncer Carcinoma de células escamosas Acupuntura Ansiedade Câncer - Radioterapia
language:	eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country:	Brasil
Publisher:	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials:	UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department:	ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS
Rights:	Acesso Restrito
metadata.dc.identifier.doi:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2021.02.016
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1843/52852
Issue Date:	Jun-2021
metadata.dc.url.externa:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212440321001267
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof:	Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
Appears in Collections:	Artigo de Periódico

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