The Effect Of Acupuncture Retention Time On The Curative Effect Of Patients With Insomnia Caused By Liver Depression And Fire

Object: The objective of this study is to observe the effects of acupuncture treatment with different retaining time on depression of the liver wood causes fire syndrome insomnia patients,and the relative improvements of the patients sleeping quality after treatment,by using the head acupuncture points and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)as efficacy evaluation.The purpose of this study is to provide a normative reference for acupuncture treatment on the retaining time to treat insomnia patients and to improve the sleeping quality of insomnia patients.Method: According to the study design,96 patients are necessary.96 patients are then randomly divided equally into three groups of different treatments: 10-minute treatment,20 minutes and 40 minutes.The acupuncture session takes four weeks,three times a week,twelve acupuncture treatments in total.All patients are required to wear exercising wrist band for three days both before and after treatments,the purpose is to collect the average total sleeping time.Patients also need to fill in case report form including the PSQI,ISI and HADS index,to observe the patients sleeping quality and current condition.Result: 1.Comparing three groups of patients in PSQI before and after treatment: 10 min group show less sign of getting better(> 0.05).The sleeping quality of 20 minand 40 min group improved(< 0.05).2.Comparing three groups of patients in PSQIafter treatments between each group: the sleeping quality of 40 min group after treatment is better than 10 min(< 0.05).3.Comparing three groups of patients intotal average sleeping time before and after treatments: 10 min group show less sign of getting better.The sleeping time of 20 min and 40 min group increased(< 0.05).4.Comparing three groups of patients in total average sleeping time after treatments between each group: 20-minute group and 40-minute group improved more than 10 min group(< 0.05).5.Comparing three groups of patients in ISI before and aftertreatments: three groups of patients all improved after treatment(< 0.05).6.To sumup three groups in effective percentage rate: 10 min group got the percentage of 30.0%,had 1 healed case,5 most effective cases,3 more effective cases,and 21 false cases.20 min group got the percentage of 40.0%,had 2 healed cases,6 most effective cases,4more effective cases,and 18 false cases.40 min group got the percentage of 86.7%,had3 healed cases,18 most effective cases,5 more effective cases,and 4 false cases.Conclusion: Retain needles for 40 minutes is the most effective on healing insomnia patients.