Efficacy and Safety of Auricular Acupuncture in Treating Insomnia Post-stroke
Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Auricular Acupuncture in Treating Insomnia Post-stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
60 participants
Mar 1, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Auricular acupuncture works to treat Insomnia Post-stroke patients. It will also learn about the safety of Auricular. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does Auricular acupuncture reduce the time it took participants to fall asleep? * Dose Auricular acupuncture increase the number of hours participants slept? * Dose Auricular acupuncture improve sleep quality as measured by The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)? * What medical problems do participants have when taking Auricular acupuncture? Researchers will compare Auricular acupuncture to a sham Auricular acupuncture (a look-alike acupuncture needles that contains no needles) to see if Auricular acupuncture works to treat insomnia post-stroke. Participants will: * Take Auricular acupuncture or sham Auricular acupuncture every 5 days for 4 weeks. * Checkups and evaluate sleep onset time, sleep hours, and sleep quality every 5 days for 4 weeks. * Keep a diary sleep of their symptoms and the number of times they use sleeping pills.
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Interventions
Auricular Acupuncture needles 5 days in 2 weeks
Sham Auricular Acupuncture needles 5 days in 2 weeks
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NCT06540664