Tokyo, Oct. 24 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000059509) titled 'Verification of the effectiveness of acupuncture therapy for working family caregivers whose labor productivity is declining due to caregiver fatigue' on Oct. 23.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - No treatment

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Teikyo Heisei University

Condition: Condition - caregiver fatigue Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To generate scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture therapy in addressing economic losses caused by decreased labor productivity related to presenteeism due to caregiver fatigue among business caregivers. Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - The intervention will consist of acupuncture therapy sessions lasting at least 20 minutes each, administered by research collaborators. The intervention period will be one month, with a frequency of at least once per week (limited to one session per day), up to a maximum of eight sessions. Interventions/Control_2 - Untreated control

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - Not applicable Age-upper limit - Not applicable Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - Individuals who are business caregivers and have been providing family care for more than one month. Individuals who perceive a decline in their work performance from the start of family caregiving until the time of consent. Key exclusion criteria - Individuals who have participated in or plan to participate in other studies or clinical trials within one month before or after the time of consent. Individuals deemed ineligible to participate in this study by the principal investigator or research team. Target Size - 128

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Preinitiation Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 09 Month 14 Day Date of IRB - 2025 Year 09 Month 14 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 10 Month 23 Day Last follow-up date - 2028 Year 03 Month 31 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000068003

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