Discussion on Pulse Diagnosis and Heart Rhythm Variability of Patients With Chronic Insomnia

National Cheng-Kung University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Rate Variability; Insomnia Chronic

Treatments: Device: ANSWatch; Other: Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05745519

20220101

Details and patient eligibility

About

Discuss the objective assessment of patients with insomnia by pulse diagnosis, and measure by subjective questionnaire and physiological instruments.

Full description

In Taiwan, insomnia is a prevalent illness. Clinical symptoms of sleep disturbances are rather typical now that the epidemic has taken hold. Pulse diagnosis is an important diagnostic method for insomnia in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). TCM pulse diagnosis is not yet a widely used clinical diagnostic method for illnesses, nevertheless. Clinical use and teaching should benefit greatly if pulse diagnosis or learning can be made more objective or data-based.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 79 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 40-60 years
• Complaints of insomnia symptoms in the past month that lasted for at least one week, such as difficulty falling asleep, waking up easily in the middle of the night, unable to fall asleep after waking up, still not getting enough sleep after waking up in the morning
• The score of sleep disorder on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale was more than 5 points

Exclusion criteria

• History of psychiatric disorders
• History of sleep apnea or nocturnal myoclonus
• Center or neurodegenerative disease
• Cancer
• Melatonin or sleeping pills use in the past month

Trial design

72 participants in 2 patient groups

The experimental group

Description:

Aged 40-79 years old, complained of insomnia symptoms in the past month, at least three times a week, for a month, such as: difficulty falling asleep, waking up in the middle of the night, waking up unable to fall asleep, waking up in the morning and still not getting enough sleep

Treatment:

Other: Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI)

Device: ANSWatch

The control group

Description:

Healthy volunteer subjects aged 40-79 without insomnia.

Treatment:

Other: Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI)

Device: ANSWatch