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KMID : 0387420010120020135
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2001 Volume.12 No. 2 p.135 ~ p.146
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A clinical study of acupuncture and auricular acupuncture effect on insomnia
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Lee Jung-Ah
Lee Sang-Moo
Ahn Ho-Jin
Park Sang-Dong
Park Se-Jin
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Abstract
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Insomnia is one of the most common symtoms of Neuropsychiatry patients. These are many approaches to treat insomnia, but it is difficult to be resolved completely. Acupuncture and Auricular acupuncture have been used for relief insomnia. But it is not sufficient to compare the effect of Acupuncture treatment and Auricular acupuncture treatment. Thus we investigate the effect of Acupuncture treatment group and Auricular acupuncture treatment group. A clinical analysis was carried out for 40 patients who was treated insomnia with Acupuncture(20 patients) and Auricular acupuncture(20 patients) in Seoul Dong-Seo Oriental Hospital. 1. Total duration of sleeping time showed $1.55{\pm}1.1574$ hours increased in Acupuncture group and $0.925{\pm}1.184$ hours increased in Aricular acupuncture group. especially Acupuncture were much more effective method than Aricular acupuncture. P-value was 0.033 (P <0.05) 2. Delaying time before the onset of sleep showed $0.7375{\pm}0.8940$ hours decreased in Acupuncture group and $0.7969{\pm}1.3298$ hours decreased in Auricular acupuncture group. (P <0.05) 3. The wake times showed $0.9167{\pm}1.7299$ times decreased in Acupuncture group and $1.2308{\pm}1.1658$ times decreased in Auricular acupuncture group in sleep maintenance insomnia. (P <0.05) 4. Change in quality of sleep showed Excellent 30%, Good 50%, Fair 15%, Poor 5% in Acupuncture group and Excellent 20%, Good 45%, Fair 30%, Poor 5% in Aruricular acupuncture group.
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KEYWORD
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Insomnia, Acupuncture, Auricular acupuncture
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