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The Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of So Paulo, Brazil approved this study From !anuary to "ecem#er $%%&, a study on use of acupuncture on pre'nant (omen attendin' the prenatal pro'ramme of Santa Casa of So !os) do Rio Preto, Brazil (as initiated (ith the aim of treatin' the most common non* o#stetrical complaints This is a state*funded service that receives pre'nant (omen from the local area (ho participate in a prenatal pro'ramme This paper relates an outcome of those patients (ith dyspepsia +fter 'ivin' their informed consent, ,$ patients that satisfied the study criteria (ere selected and randomly allocated into t(o 'roups Randomisation (as achieved #y a nurse from the research team selectin' from a #o- a closed piece of paper (ith a treatment order (ritten on it Both 'roups (ere counselled #y a 'roup of nurses a#out lifestyle modifications and dietary chan'es to alleviate dyspepsia They (ere also allo(ed to receive antacids from their o#stetricians +fter that, the study 'roup visited the acupuncturists .ith the e-ception of the acupuncture treatment, there (as no difference #et(een the 'roups T/P +BSTR+CT P+T0E1TS +1" 2ET3/" RESU4TS "0SCUSS0/1 C/1C4US0/1 REFERE1CES
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The inclusion re5uirements (ere6 a'ed from 78 to &9 years, at 78:&% (ee;s of pre'nancy and dyspepsia symptoms They should not have any underlyin' disease as a possi#le cause of the symptoms nor have a history of similar symptoms prior to pre'nancy They should not #elon' to a hi'h*ris; pre'nancy 'roup or have #een treated #y acupuncture in TOP the precedin' year ABSTRACT PATIENTS AND METHOD 3eart#urn is the most typical symptom of RESULTS dyspepsia and it (as considered the primary DISCUSSION outcome 0t (as defined as #urnin' su#sternal CONCLUSION discomfort (ith no radiation component and REFERENCES descri#ed (ith common (ords 78 The (omen estimated #oth the severity and fre5uency of