The needle-rolling therapy for treatment of non-organic chronic insomnia in 90 cases.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the therapeutic effects of needle-rolling therapy for chronic insomnia.


METHODS
In the present multi-central randomly controlled clinical study, 180 cases of chronic insomnia were randomly divided into the following two groups, a treatment group (90 cases) treated by the needle-rolling therapy and a control group (90 cases) treated with clonopin. The treatment course for both the two groups was 4 weeks. The therapeutic effects were evaluated based on improvement of the TCM symptoms and the Pittsburgs's sleep-quality index (PSQI).


RESULTS
After treatment, there were significant differences between the two groups in the effective rate (P<0.05), and in the total score of PSQI and in the scores of the 4 sub-items, i.e. sleep-quality, sleep-efficiency, hypnotic and daytime function (P<0.05). Although there was no significant difference between the two groups in the effective rate after a 3-month follow-up period, significant differences still existed in the 3 sub-items of sleep-efficiency, hypnotic, and daytime function of the PSQI (P<0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
As compared with hypnotics of the second generation, the needle-rolling therapy may show better therapeutic effects for chronic insomnia patients.
Huang
Li-sha
LS
Department of Acupuncture, Huaxi Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China.
Wang
Dan-lin
DL
Wang
Cheng-wei
CW
Hu
You-ping
YP
Zhou
Jian-wei
JW
Li
Ning
N
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult