Treatment of female overactive bladder with acupuncture

Objective To investigate the curative effect of acupuncture on female overactive bladder(OAB).Methods The female patients(re=60) with OAB were randomly divide into acupuncture group and solifenacin group.The symptoms of OAB were quantified with the questionnaire(Chinese version) of OAB symptom scores(OABSS) for reviewing the severity of OAB.The average frequency of urgency to urination in 24 hours,daytime urination frequency,nighttime urination frequency,urine volume of every time and median of uroclepsia frequency were recorded with urination diary for observing curative effect.The solifenacin group(n=30) was orally given solifenacin(5 mg) per day for 4 weeks,and acupuncture group(n=30) was needled in Guanyuan(CV4),Shenshu(BL23),Zuwuli(LR10), Yinlingquan(SP9),Shuidao(ST28),Zhongji(CV3),Zhonglvshu(BL29),Pangguangshu(BL28) and Ciliao(BL32) once a day for 4 weeks.All data was treated by using SPSS 13.0 software and the curative effect was analyzed.Results The total effective rate was 90%in acupuncture group and 86.9%in solifenacin group(P0.05).After treatment the average frequency of urgency to urination in 24 hours,daytime urination frequency,nighttime urination frequency,urine volume of every time and median of uroclepsia frequency were all decreased in two groups than before(P0.05).The curative effect on urgency to urination was better in acupuncture group than that in solifenacin group(P0.05), and had no statistical significance in the comparison of daytime urination frequency,nighttime urination frequency,urine volume of every time and median of uroclepsia frequency between two groups(P 0.05).The difference in OABSS had significance in two groups before and after treatment(P0.05) and had no significance after treatment(P0.05).Conclusion Acupuncture can relieve safely and effectively the symptoms of OAB in female patients.