Test Anxiety Clinical Trial
Official title:
Acupuncture Randomized Trial for Preventing Test Anxiety
Test anxiety is a well-known phenomenon in general population, but only few scientific
advances have been made in order to fully understand and prevent this circumstance.
The number of students which use neuro enhancement to improve their performance and to
prevent test anxiety, is increasing. A US-survey estimated that almost 7% of students in US
universities have used prescription stimulants against anxiety, and that on some campuses,
up to 25% of students had used them in the past year.
Acupuncture might act as an alternate. Several trials could demonstrate, that different
forms of acupuncture could relieve symptoms of pre-exam anxiety syndrome significantly and
that this therapy was highly safe. In special, the investigation of single point effects in
test anxiety could be of general interest. The acupuncture point with the most convincing
evidence up to date is Heart 7. Yet, its effectiveness has mainly been chosen in combination
with other acupuncture points and not as single remedy in test anxiety. Therefore we
establish a trial investigating the immediate needling effects at Heart 7 on the reduction
of test anxiety.
Therefore qe implemented a validated stress test, the Trier Social Stress Test TSST, which
is known to provoke serious stress responses in healthy subjects. 24 medical students with
test anxiety in there history will be randomised to two interventional groups (verum
acupuncture and laser acupuncture), being treated and then pass this test. Main outcome is
the increase of cortisol in saliva, which is the standardized measure of stress response
used in this paradigm.
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Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention
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