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- Title
Rapid Effect of Fu’s Subcutaneous Needling for COVID-19-Associated Cough: A Prospective Case Series Study.
- Authors
Fengyi Wang; Sun Jian; Tianyu Bai; Yiping Huang; Qingsong Zhang; Zhiwen Feng; Chunjie Jiao; Wenli Yuan; Junwen Zhong; Linli Yang; Bo Yu; Yuzhi Sun; A., Ge; Jinyan Zhang; Jianluo Zhang; Liyin Du; Yingshuai Feng; Limin Yang; Yuzhong Liu; Delong Liu
- Abstract
Objective: COVID-19-associated cough is a common acute and persistent symptom after SARS-CoV-2 infection, affecting thousands of patients physically and mentally. Fu’s subcutaneous needling (FSN) has been used for cough clinical, and this study aimed to examine the effect of FSN on COVID-19-associated cough. Methods: Patients with COVID-19-associated cough were enrolled and received FSN treatment once a day for three days. Then, the response rates after the first treatment, defined as the proportion of participants whose cough intensity visual analogue scale (VAS) was reduced by at least 50%, were compared with each assessment time after FSN treatment. Cough evaluation test (CET) score, fatigue scale-14 (FS-14), and adverse events were assessed. Results: One hundred and fifty-four patients completed the study. The rapid response rates increased to 24.02, 66.88, and 85.06% after each FSN treatment respectively, and up to 90.90% till the follow-up. Compared with the post-first FSN treatment, the response rates showed significant differences with each postFSN treatment (P < 0.001). Compared with the baseline, the VAS score, the CET score, and the FS-14 score were all significantly reduced after three times FSN treatments, and those reductions persisted until the follow-up (P < 0.001). A correlation between pre-post intervention change of CET score and FS-14 score was significant (P < 0.001). There were no adverse events happened in the study. Conclusions: FSN rapidly alleviated COVID-19-associated cough intensity, improved the quality of life, and reduced fatigue of patients. Cough relief was the primary benefit of FSN, and a certain correlation was found between cough relief and fatigue alleviation.
- Subjects
COUGH; FATIGUE (Physiology); VISUAL analog scale
- Publication
International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 2, p95
- ISSN
1047-1979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3103/S1047197923020102