Cancer-related Insomnia
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:Acupuncture
Sponsors
Yueyang Hospital of integrated traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
45 Years to 74 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who has been diagnosed malignant tumors by histopathology or cytology; 2. Patients with the insomnia related to cancer treatment or cancer itself has lasted for at least 2 months, meeting the diagnostic criteria for insomnia ; 3. With total insomnia severity index (ISI) score >= 10 points or Pittsburgh sleep Therapeutic Index (PSQI)> 5 points; 4. Patients aged >= 45 years and <= 74 years, no gender restriction; 5. Patients who volunteer to participate in the study and sign informed consent; 6. Patients have clear awareness and ability to judge their symptoms and conditions, and able to cooperate to fill out the scale accurately.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who have been diagnosed as Major Depression, Anxiety, Panic Disorder, or other mental illness; Caffeine, Alcohol, or Drug Addiction; Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Scale Score >= 11; 2. Cancer pain measured by digital rating scale >= 4 points; 3. Patients with serious cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive or hematopoietic diseases, hemophilia or various bleeding disorders; 4. Patients using pacemakers or anticoagulants; 5. Pregnant or lactating women; 6. Patients who stun or cannot tolerate acupuncture; 7. Patients with local ulceration or infection in the treatment area 8. Patients with severe cognitive impairment, difficulty in self judging the severity of symptoms, and mental disorders; 9. Patients who underwent tumor-related surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy in the past month.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Insomnia treatment effectiveness;Insomnia Severity Index;Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hamilton Depression Scale;EORTC QLQ-C30;Hamilton Anxiety Scale; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactJiaqi Li
Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed