The efficacy of acupuncture for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in college students: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

• Yang Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yang Wang, Xinbo Gu

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China

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• Xinbo Gu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yang Wang, Xinbo Gu

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China

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• Baohua Zhi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Dingzigu Street Community Health Center, Tianjin, China

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• Yan Yan,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China

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• Fengyan Lu,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliations Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China

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• Hantong Hu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China

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• Quanai Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 18822183653@163.com

  Affiliations Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4334-8598

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