title: Effects of acupuncture and massage on pain, quality of sleep and health related quality of life in patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: A 41-years-old woman diagnosed of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in 2006 came to our hospital - outpatient department with the complaint of severe pain and swelling over multiple joints associated with disturbed sleep/sleeplessness and poor quality of life since seven years. She received acupuncture (20 minutes) and massage (20 minutes) daily for the period of 30 days with 7 days of rest period in between after first 15 days. After intervention we observed reduction of pain in Visual Analog Scale score; improvement in day time sleepiness, and quality of sleep in Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, respectively; improvement in health related quality of life in Short Form-36 version 2 (SF-36v2) Health Survey. These results showed that acupuncture and massage can be considered as an integrative approach for symptomatic management of SLE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Naturopathy Clinical, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences, Ujire, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mooventhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture, Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College, Arumbakkam, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nivethitha
keywords: Acupuncture; massage; systemic lupus erythematosus