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| The effectiveness of acupressure in improving the quality of sleep of institutionalized residents | | Author(s) | Mei-Li Chen, Li-Chan Lin, Shiao-Chi |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 54A, no 8, August 1999 |
| Pages | pp M389-394 |
| Keywords | Alternative medicine ; Sleep disorders ; Sleep behaviour ; Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Screening ; Taiwan. |
| Annotation | Older people often suffer from disturbed sleep. Because traditional Chinese medicine indicates that acupressure therapy may indicate sedation, testing the effectiveness of acupressure in enhancing the quality of sleep of institutionalised residents with a well-designed scientific study is needed. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire was used as a screening tool to select subjects with sleep disturbance. By matching the effects of hypertension, hypnosis, naps, and exercise, subjects were randomly assigned to an acupressure group, a sham acupressure group, and a control group, with 28 in each group. The same massage routine was used in the acupressure group and the sham group, whereas only conversation was used in the control group. There were significant differences in PSQI sub-scale scores of the quality, latency, duration, efficiency, disturbances of sleep and global PSQI scores among subjects in the three groups before and after interventions. Furthermore there was a significant reduction in the frequencies of nocturnal awakening and night wakeful time in the acupressure group compared to the other two groups, confirming the therapy's effectiveness. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991220237 A |
| Classmark | LK3: CTS: CG: KX: KW: LHB: 3V: 7DP |
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