title: [Effect of rolling needle therapy on quality of life in the patient of non-organic chronic insomnia: a randomized controlled trial].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To probe therapeutic effect of rolling needle therapy on insomnia and standardize the therapeutic program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multi-central randomized blind controlled trials were used, and 180 cases were randomly divided into a rolling needle group and a medication group, 90 cases in each group. The rolling needle group were treated with rolling needle therapy at the Urinary Bladder Channel line 1 and 2 at the back and the Governor Vessel, and the medication group with clonopin 4-6 mg, for 4 weeks. Effective rates for sleep disturbance improvement and Spitzer index of life quality were evaluated after 4 weeks' treatment and 3 months' follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effective rate was 82.2% in the rolling needle group and 60.0% in the medication group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05), and with a significant difference between the two groups in Spitzer index of life quality (P < 0.05). After 3 months' follow-up, the effective rate was 40.0% in the rolling needle group and 30.3% in the medication group with no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05), and there was a significant difference between the two groups in Spitzer index of life quality.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rolling needle therapy can treat chronic insomnia and increase life quality of the patient.
authors.affiliation: West-China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Cheng-wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jian-wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: You-ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*