Insomnia
Conditions
Interventions
Primary insomnia patient group:None
Sponsors
The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Compliance with the diagnostic criteria for insomnia disorder: based on the description of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition) developed by the American Psychological Association (APA), the diagnostic criteria for the PI patients in this study were as follows: A. complaints of dissatisfaction with the quantity and quality of sleep, accompanied by one or more of the following symptoms of insomnia: increased sleep latency, difficulty in maintaining sleep (frequent awakenings or difficulty in falling back to sleep after awakening), and early awakenings (and the inability to fall back to sleep); and B. the sleep disorder causes clinically significant distress or results in impairment of social, occupational, educational, academic, behavioral, or other important aspects of functioning. C. the sleep difficulty occurs at least 3 nights per week and persists for at least 1 month. D. exclude secondary insomnia due to physical or mental illness. (2) 18 = age = 80 years, gender is not limited; (3) no communication and cognitive dysfunction; (4) no use or discontinued use of psychotropic drugs such as anxiolytics within one month; (5) no major physical diseases; (6) voluntary acceptance of the study content, can complete the various scales assessment and polysomnography monitoring; (7) signed the informed consent form prior to the start of the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) those who did not meet the inclusion criteria; (2) those who suffered from severe mental disorders, history of severe head trauma with obvious consciousness disorders; (3) those who had severe hepatic or renal insufficiency and bleeding tendency; (4) those who were alcoholics (liquor =100ml/day), smokers (=15 cigarettes/day), drug addicts, or those who were taking psychotropic drugs; (5) those who suffered from other sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea hyperventilation syndrome, episodic sleep disorder, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder; (6) pregnant or breastfeeding; (7) the existence of other major diseases and poorly controlled; (8) the skin at the acupoints is damaged; (9) other people who do not want to sign the informed consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pressure pain threshold at acupoints; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI);Anxiety Rating Scale (SAS);Depression Rating Scale (SDS);Polysomnography (PSG);Heart Rate Variability Testing (HRV); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXiaoshuai Yu; Yi Liang
The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed