Computer electroacupuncture in the treatment of bronchial asthma: clinical and economic efficiency
AUTHORS : Sands1 A.B. | Khokhlov1 M.P. | Kerov2 I.R.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : 1Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk, 2Therapeutic department of MUZ
“City polyclinic No. 5”, Ulyanovsk
YEAR : 2010
clinical and economic analysis of the effectiveness of computer electroacupuncture (CEAP) for bronchial asthma (BA). The study included 80 BA patients. The patients were divided into equal-sized main (O) and reference (R) groups. CEAP was included in the treatment of patients in group O, patients in group P received isolated pharmacotherapy. We used the “KES-01MIDA hardware-software complex for electropunctural stimulation”. Three monthly courses of CEAP were
conducted, consisting of five sessions, carried out daily. In dynamics the parameters of bronchial patency were determined; consumption of fenoterol and beclomethasone; assessed the subjective status of patients (according to the AQ-20 and Spielberger-Khanin questionnaires). Clinical and economic analysis
of the effectiveness of CEAP and pharmacotherapy was carried out with the determination of the costeffectiveness ratio (CER). According to the research, the use of CEAP in the complex treatment of asthma leads to an increase in bronchial patency, a decrease in fenoterol consumption by 30–40%, an increase in
the quality of life index according to the AQ-20 questionnaire, and a decrease in actual and personal anxiety according to the Spielberger-Khanin test. It has been shown that the inclusion of CEAP in the complex therapy of asthma reduces the cost-effectiveness indicator by 3–4 times in comparison with
isolated pharmacological therapy.