Primary insomnia
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental Group:Acupuncture
Control Group:sham acupuncture
Sponsors
Deyang Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Those who meet the diagnostic criteria for primary insomnia in Western medicine and the diagnostic criteria for insomnia in traditional Chinese medicine; (2) 18 = age = 60 years old, both males and females; (3) No communication barriers; (4) Signed informed consent. Note: Participants must meet all four criteria to be included in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Those who do not meet the diagnostic criteria; (2) Secondary insomnia caused by other somatic diseases; or long-term sleep disturbance due to environmental or other human factors; or those who cannot be excluded from having other types of sleep disorders; (3) Patients with progressive malignant tumors or other severe wasting diseases, prone to infections and bleeding; or those with severe primary diseases of the cardiovascular, liver, kidney, digestive, or hematopoietic systems; (4) Individuals with impaired consciousness who cannot express subjective symptoms of discomfort, or patients with mental illness; (5) Participants who received acupuncture treatment for insomnia within one month prior to enrollment; (6) Breastfeeding or pregnant women, or individuals prone to fainting during acupuncture. Note: Any participant who meets any of the above criteria should be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Insomnia Severity Index;Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale;Hamilton Depression Rating Scale;"Fatigue Severity Scale";Cerebral hemodynamic indices; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactJin Song
Deyang Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed