To evaluate the effect of acupuncture in the prevention of recurrent lower urinary tract infection (UTI) in adult women.
A controlled clinical trial with three arms: an acupuncture group, a sham-acupuncture group, and an untreated control group. Patients were followed for 6 months.
An acupuncture clinic in Bergen, Norway.
Sixty-seven adult women with a history of recurrent lower UTI.
Acute lower UTIs during the 6-month observation period.
Eighty-five percent were free of lower UTI during the 6-month observation period in the acupuncture group, compared with 58% in the sham group (p