Abstract
Background: In modern life, Insomnia is a common problem that affects both health and living quality of people. Auriculotherapy, a traditional medicine – based approach is a therapeutic method in which specific points in auricles are stimulated to achieve specific therapeutic purposes. It is also a safe and simple procedure for treating insomnia.
Objectives: To evaluate the effects of auriculotherapy on treating insomnia at Department of Traditional Medicine and Physical Therapy, Tan Phu District Hospital, Ho Chi Minh city.
Methods: Includes 64 patients were treated with auriculotherapy, according to the research methodology, clinical trial, assess the results before and after treatment.
Results: For Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) total score, an average initial score 15.77 ± 1.88, decreased to 7.77 ± 2.48, the difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). The difference between low PSQI score and high PSQI score was associated with age (younger age) and disease duration (p<0.05).
Conclusions: Auriculotherapy help improve sleep quality (sleep latency, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep disturbance and PSQI score), the difference was statistically significant (p<0.05).
| Published | 2025-05-09 | |
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| Issue | Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025) | |
| Section | Original Articles | |
| DOI | 10.34071/jmp.2025.2.7 | |
| Keywords | Insomnia, auriculotherapy |
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