The needle-rolling therapy for treatment of non-organic chronic insomnia in 90 cases.
J Tradit Chin Med
; 29(1): 19-23, 2009 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-19514183
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the therapeutic effects of needle-rolling therapy for chronic insomnia.METHODS:
In the present multi-central randomly controlled clinical study, 180 cases of chronic insomnia were randomly divided into the following two groups, a treatment group (90 cases) treated by the needle-rolling therapy and a control group (90 cases) treated with clonopin. The treatment course for both the two groups was 4 weeks. The therapeutic effects were evaluated based on improvement of the TCM symptoms and the Pittsburgs's sleep-quality index (PSQI).RESULTS:
After treatment, there were significant differences between the two groups in the effective rate (P<0.05), and in the total score of PSQI and in the scores of the 4 sub-items, i.e. sleep-quality, sleep-efficiency, hypnotic and daytime function (P<0.05). Although there was no significant difference between the two groups in the effective rate after a 3-month follow-up period, significant differences still existed in the 3 sub-items of sleep-efficiency, hypnotic, and daytime function of the PSQI (P<0.05).CONCLUSION:
As compared with hypnotics of the second generation, the needle-rolling therapy may show better therapeutic effects for chronic insomnia patients.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapia por Acupuntura
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Distúrbios do Início e da Manutenção do Sono
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article