[Effect of acupuncture combined with massage of sole on sleeping quality of the patient with insomnia].
OBJECTIVE
To assess effect of acupuncture combined with massage of sole on sleeping quality of the patient with insomnia.


METHODS
Fifty-eight cases of insomnia were randomly divided into an observation group (n = 32) and a control group (n = 26). The observation group were treated with oral administration of Alprazolam, massage of sole, and acupuncture at Zhongwan (CV 12), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), etc. on the abdomen as main points; the control group were treated with Alprazolam. Clinical therapeutic effects, and scores for Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) were assessed before and after treatment in the two groups.


RESULTS
The effective rate was 93.75 in the observation group and 88.46% in the control group with no significant difference between the two groups; after treatment, there were significant or very significant differences in scores for various factors in the PSQI, SAS and SDS (P < 0.01, P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Abdominal acupuncture as main combined with massage of sole can obviously improve sleeping quality of the patient with insomnia.
Zhong
Zhi-Guo
ZG
Department of TCM, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang 524001, China.
Cai
Heng
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Li
Xiao-Long
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Lü
Dong
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D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000628:therapy*