The Needle-Rolling Therapy for Treatment of Non-organic Chronic Insomnia in 90 Cases

• Published in: Journal of traditional Chinese medicine Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 19 - 23
• Main Author: 黄莉莎 王丹琳 王成伟 胡幼平 周建伟 李宁
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China 01.03.2009
• Subjects: Acupuncture Therapy - methods; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; PSQI; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - therapy; Young Adult; 失眠患者; 慢性失眠症; 治疗效果; 疗法; 睡眠质量指数; 随机对照临床研究; 非器质性
• ISSN: 0255-2922
• DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6272(09)60025-X

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）. Conclusion： As compared with hypnotics of the second generation, the needle-rolling therapy may show better therapeutic effects for chronic insomnia patients.