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Objective To study the clinical effect of acupuncture therapy combining with biofeedback therapy on senile chronic insomnia patients. Methods 150 cases of senile chronic insomnia were divided into 3groups randomly: group A received acupuncture therapy only, group B received biofeedback therapy only, and group C received both therapies. The scores of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) ,sleep efficacy,sleep latency, total sleep time and the scores of Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) and Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-17) were assessed before the treatment and at the end of the 4th and 8th week during the treatment.Results After 8 weeks treatment, the scores of PSQI, sleep efficacy, sleep latency, total sleep time and the scores of HAMA and HAMD-17 of group C((7.92 ±2.59)score,(82.52 ±8.93)% ,(24.06 ±8.23)minutes,(413.75± 42.41) minutes, (9.63 ± 3.75) score, (10.10 ± 3.27) score) were better than that of group A (( 9.51 ± 2.92)score, (79.06 ± 10.70) %, (33.16 ± 11.31) minutes, (373.47 ± 40.65) minutes, (15.08 ± 4.20) score, (14.33±± 3.56) score) and group B (( 11.46 ± 3.75) score, (68.85 ± 12.34) %, (33.65 ± 11. 38) minutes, (281.88 ±38.02) minutes, (11.63 ± 4.15) score, (12.08 ± 4.08) score) significantly (P ＜ 0.01). Conclusion The therapy of acupuncture combining with biofeedback is benefit to improve the sleep quality of senile chronic insomnia patients,meanwhile the anxiety and depression associated with insomnia can be improved.
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@# ObjectiveTo study the efficacy of fluoxetine on improving depressive symptoms and activities of daily living(ADL) in early poststroke depressive patients.Methods42 early poststroke depressive patients (within 14 days after first stroke) were randomly divited into fluoxetine treatment group and control group (without antidepressive drugs).Evaluation was conducted before the treatment and at 4 and 6 weeks after treatment,using the Hamilton Depression scale(HAMD)and Barthel Index(BI).ResultsThere was no significant difference in HAMD and BI scores between the two groups before the treatment(P>0.05).At 4 and 6 weeks after the treatment, compared with the control group, the fluoxetine treated group demonstrated significant reduced in HAMD scores (P<0.001) and significant improvement in BI scores (P<0.01).ConclusionsFluoxetine is an effictive drug in improving depressive symptoms and ADL in early postsroke depressive patients.
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Objective: To compare the results of Gong's Nonverbal Intelligence Test between urban and rural children.Methods: A total of 134 male and 129 fema le rural children of 8～12 years were tested with the Gong's Nonverbal Intellige nce Test. Results: The rural children ob tained significantly l ower scores (P<0.05) on all sub-tests except for Digit Symbol of the test, a s co mpared to urban children matched for age and sex.Conclusion: There was significant difference betwe en rural and urban children in intelligence as assessed by the Gong's Nonverbal Intelligence Test.
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Objective:To explore the neuropsychological deficiency in patients with liver cirrhosis.Method:Sixty-nine patients with liver cirrhosis but no history of hepatic encephalopathy were tested with the neuropsychological test battery.Sixty-two normal controls were also tested with the same battery.Result:There was significant influence of age and education on the result of neuropsychological tests.Digit Symbol and Trailmaking test were the best tests discriminating patients and normal controls.When mean?2SD was defined as abonormal,34 8% patients were abnormal in Trailmaking and 14 3% in Digit Symbol.Conclusion:The neuropsychological tests may be a predictive tool for encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis.