Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for chronic insomnia at high altitude: A prospective, randomized, open-label, parallel-group trial

• Published in: Travel medicine and infectious disease Vol. 65; p. 102834
• Main Authors: Sun, Bin, He, Jinli, Chen, Haibo, Zeng, Wenming, Tian, Tingting, Abay, Mirebankez, Bian, Shizhu, Zhao, Junyong, Jin, Xia, Tan, Xiaofang, Zhu, Chaoan, Li, Dan, Zhou, Wenqi, Zhang, Yuanlong, Shang, Jun, Duan, Jiwei, Zhao, Zhiming, Wang, Tao, Yang, Fan, Liu, Chuan, Qin, Zhexue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2025; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Altitude; Anxiety; Cardiovascular disease; Chronic Disease; Chronic insomnia; Clinical trials; Diabetes; Enrollments; Fatigue; Female; High altitude; Hospitals; Humans; Hyperbaric; Hyperbaric oxygen; Hyperbaric Oxygenation - methods; Infectious Disease; Informed consent; Insomnia; Male; Mental depression; Oxygen; Prospective Studies; Sleep; Sleep disorders; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - therapy; Sleep Quality; Software; Traumatic brain injury; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; China; Chronic insomnia; High altitude; Hyperbaric oxygen

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been proposed to be effective for treating chronic insomnia at high altitudes. Patients suffering from chronic insomnia at high altitude were randomly assigned at a 1:1 ratio to either the hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment group or the control group for a 10-day procedure...