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Acupoint stimulation therapy may be an effective approach.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To examine whether a combination of electroacupuncture (EA) and transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) can alleviate depression, post\u2010traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and insomnia in women victims of domestic violence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      An assessor\u2010blinded randomised controlled trial was conducted in Hong Kong, China, with 110 Chinese women with major depressive disorder who had experienced domestic violence and were randomly assigned to care as usual (CAU) alone or combined with EA\u00a0+\u00a0TEAS (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a055 per group) for 12\u00a0weeks, two clinic\u2010based EA sessions and three home\u2010based TEAS sessions per week. The primary outcome was baseline\u2010to\u2010endpoint change in the Beck Depression Inventory\u2010II (BDI\u2010II). Secondary outcomes included the 17\u2010item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, 10\u2010item Perceived Stress Scale, PTSD Check List\u2010Civilian Version, Insomnia Severity Index and the 12\u2010item Short Form Survey for health\u2010related quality of life.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of the 110 participants (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a055 each group), 91.8% (101\/110) completed the study. At 12\u00a0weeks, the EA\u00a0+\u00a0TEAS group showed a significantly greater reduction in BDI\u2010II score than that of the CAU group (mean difference\u00a0=\u00a0\u221210.9; 95% confidence interval \u221216.5 to \u22125.4;\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a0\u22123.9;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001), exceeding the minimal clinically important difference (5 points). The superiority of EA\u00a0+\u00a0TEAS was also observed across secondary measures, including depression, PTSD, perceived stress, insomnia and quality of life. The EA\u00a0+\u00a0TEAS group had significantly higher rates of clinical response (49.1% vs. 18.2%,\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a011.770,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) and remission (38.2% vs. 12.7%,\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a09.390,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.002) at endpoint than those of the CAU group. 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