Effects of application of five elements music combined with acupoint massage on insomnia in patients with coronary heart disease / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effects of five elements music combined with acupoint massage on sleep quality in insomnia patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).Methods A total of 120 cases of insomnia patients with CHD were randomly divided into the experimental group and the control group with 60 cases,respectively.The control group was given routine medicine treatment for CHD.The experimental group was given five elements music combined with acupoint massage besides the routine treatment.The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to compare before and 4 weeks after the intervention for sleep quality,hear rate and blood pressure between two groups.Results Four weeks after the intervention,total effective rate of sleep effect in the experimental group was 96.67％,and there was significant difference between two groups (P＜0.05).Four weeks after the intervention,heart rate,blood pressure,total score and scores for each dimension were decreased for both groups,but those in the experimental group declined more obviously,and the differences were significant (P＜0.05).Conclusion Five elements music combined with acupoint massage can significantly alleviate insomnia for patients with CHD.