| Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy of the transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) combined with auricular point sticking and pressing in treatment of insomnia of disharmony between heart and kidney, which can provide the evidence for the treatment of insomnia.Methods:117 insomnia of heart and kidney type patients were randomly divided into observation group (60 cases) and control group (57 cases) and the control group from outpatient during the March 2014 to June 2015 in our hospital according to the random number table method. The control group was given conventional acupuncture treatment while the observation group given TEAS combined with auricular points pressing therapy. One course of treatment were given 15 times treatments..The treatment clinical curative effect, the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) score, sleep quality grading and the symptom score before and after treatment,were observed.Results:①The total effective rate of observation group and the control group after treatment was 93.33% and 80.70% respectively. The total effective rate of observation group was significantly higher than that of control group (P<0.05). ②Before the treatment PSQI and factors score, of the patients in the two groups showed no significant difference (P>0.05). PSQI factor score and total score of the control group and observation group after treatment, were significantly lower than that of before treatment (P<0.05). ③ The sleep quality grading of patients in the two groups after treatment was significantly improved than that before treatment (P<0.05) and observation group showed significantly better than those of the control group (P<0.05). ④The clinical symptom score of the patients in the two groups after treatment was significantly reduced than that before treatment (P<0.05) and the clinical symptoms score of observation group was significantly lower than that of the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion: ①TEAS combined with auricular points pressing and routine acupuncture therapy can significantly shorten the sleep Latency, increase the sleep time and improve the sleep quality of patients. ②TEAS combined with auricular points pressing was superior to the routine acupuncture treatment in reducing PSQI score and improving the sleep quality of patients than. ③ TEAS combined with auricular points pressing has a good feasibility and effectiveness in treatment of insomnia of disharmony between heart and kidney, which is worthy of clinical popularization and application. |
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