Interest of Auriculotherapy in the Management of Chronic Insomnia

Exclusion Criteria14

• Pregnant woman or pregnancy planned for the duration of the study;
• Regular night work or shift work / reversal of sleep patterns;
• Trans meridian travel during the previous month or planned during the study period;
• Unstable or untreated psychiatric disorder including severe depression, severe addiction, unbalanced bipolar disorder;
• Taking insomnia-inducing drugs (eg Corticoids);
• Hypnotic treatment or antidepressant treatment with hypnotic aim introduced since less than 4 weeks or with change dating back less than 4 weeks;
• Presence of organic comorbidities which may be responsible for sleep disorders (SAS and restless legs syndrome): (STOP-BANG) score ≥ 5;
• History of central neurological disorders or progressive brain injury;
• Contraindication to the use of auriculotherapy (lesion or infection of the pinna) by cryotherapy (skin scarring disorder, risk of hypo or hyperpigmentation);
• Treatment by auriculotherapy or acupuncture in this indication in the previous 12 months;
• Previous treatment with cryo-auriculotherapy
• Having started in the month preceding the first auriculotherapy session, any new treatment likely to interfere with the study: specific drug treatment (antidepressant, morphine or anticonvulsant) or complementary therapy (psychological care, physiotherapy, balneotherapy, etc.).
• Difficulty complying with the treatment, questionnaire or study protocol.
• Be deprived of liberty or under guardianship.