Effect of combined electroacupuncture and medical therapy on insulin resistance in polycystic ovary syndrome patients

INTERVENTION: Randomization was done using a computer‐based random block table randomizer. The doctors, paramedics, and laboratory personnel do not know whether the subject receives electroacupuncture or sham electroacupuncture. The participants also do not know whether they receive electroacupuncture or sham electroacupuncture. Participants receive electroacupuncture three times per week, with intervals of 1‐2 days, for 12 times. The pharmacological therapy used is metformin 2 x 500 mg per day. CONDITION: Polycystic ovarian syndrome ; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine ; Polycystic ovarian syndrome PRIMARY OUTCOME: Median HOMA‐IR index measured using initial fasting insulin and initial fasting blood glucose at the 1st and 12th session SECONDARY OUTCOME: ; 1. Mean fasting blood glucose measured using a blood sample before and after intervention at the 1st and 12th session; 2. Median fasting insulin measured using a blood sample before and after intervention at the 1st and 12th session; INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. 18‐40‐year‐old females 2. BMI >23 kg/m² 3. Volunteer to join and give informed consent