Electroacupuncture for primary insomnia: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To evaluate the short-term efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture for the treatment of primary insomnia.

Design

Randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group.

Setting

A university-based sleep clinic.

Participants

Community sample of 60 Chinese adult volunteers who report having insomnia 3 or more nights per week, whose symptoms meet the DSM-IV criteria for primary insomnia for at least 3 months, and who have an Insomnia Severity Index total score of at least 15. Participants were screened with polysomnography and the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV prior to randomization.

Intervention

Electroacupuncture at Yintang (EX-HN3), Baihui (GV20), bilateral ear Shenmen, Sishencong (EX-HN1), and Anmian (EX) 3 times p

SUBMITTER: Yeung WF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2717194 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature