Clareo Health | Analysis of Multimodal Psychosomatic Comorbidity Burden in Breast Cancer and Benefit Evaluation of Acupuncture Collaborative Management Regimen
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
With
Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital
Age
18–70
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Female patients aged 18 to 70 years old;
Patients with pathologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer;
Meeting at least one diagnostic criterion for psychosomatic symptoms:Anxiety or depressive state: subscale score of anxiety or depression on the HADS ≥ 8;Sleep disturbance: total score of the PSQI ≥ 8;Cancer-related fatigue: total score of the BFI ≥ 4;
Expected survival time ≥ 1 year;
Clear consciousness, basic communication ability, and capacity to complete scale assessments cooperatively;
Voluntary written informed consent signed by the patient or legal representative.
You may not be if
Patients with severe mental disorders (such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) or lacking civil capacity;
Ineligibility for auricular point pressing intervention: local auricular skin breakage, infection, or allergic constitution (allergy to vaccaria seeds or adhesive plasters);
Patients receiving other acupuncture or acupoint pressing interventions, or those unable to discontinue such treatments during the trial period;
Patients unsuitable for manual acupuncture, including those with bleeding tendency (e.g., coagulation disorders, purpura) or local skin lesions at acupoint sites;
Complicated with severe heart, liver, renal or other organ failure, or cachexia;
