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KMID : 0387420170280040419
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2017 Volume.28 No. 4 p.419 ~ p.429
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Clinical Effect of Herbal Medicine Treatment on Insomnia in a Public Health Center
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Jung In-Ho
Kwon Chan-Young
Kim Jong-Woo
Chung Sun-Yong
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Abstract
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Objectives: We conducted a public health promotion program in Korean medicine for participants suf-fering from chronic insomnia in 2016∼2017. A significant improvement effect was obtained through the 8-week herbal medicine treatment program. The object of this study is to report the results of this public health promotion program.
Methods: Seventy patients diagnosed with chronic insomnia participated in the program, 49 of whom completed the program. Participants were treated with the herbal medicine for insomnia treatment for 8 weeks. A sleep diary was used to assess the total sleep time, sleep latency, and number of times the participants woke. The treatment satisfaction was then evaluated.
Results: Through the 8-week herbal medicine treatment program, the total sleep time was sig-nificantly increased by 109.59±70.77 minutes, the sleep latency was significantly decreased by 63.53±47.79 minutes, and the number of times the participants woke was significantly decreased by 1.54±1.19 times compared to the baseline (all, p=0.000). Among the 24 patients who were examined for the treatment satisfaction, the average score was 4.33 points of a total of 5 points. Six patients had adverse events. Except for one patient, the symptoms of other patients were mitigated by changing or discontinuing the herbal medicine.
Conclusions: For patients with chronic insomnia, the 8-week herbal medicine treatment program was effective, with few side effects and high treatment satisfaction. This study has significance as this is the first report in Korea on the effect of a herbal medicine treatment program for chronic insomnia through Korean medicine public health promotion.
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KEYWORD
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Korean medicine, Insomnia, Herbal medicine
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