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OBJECTIVE@#To observe the effect of ginger-separated moxibustion on fatigue, sleep quality and depression in the patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.@*METHODS@#A total of 62 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome were randomized into an observation group (31 cases, 3 cases dropped off) and a control group (31 cases, 2 cases dropped off). In the control group, the patients had normal diet and proper physical exercise. In the observation group, on the basis of the control group, the ginger-separated moxibustion was added at Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenque (CV 8) and Guanyuan (CV 4), 30 min each time, once every two days, 3 times weekly. Separately, before treatment and after 4 weeks of treatment, the MOS item short form health survey (SF-36), the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) scale and the self-rating depression scale (SDS) were adopted to evaluate the degrees of fatigue, sleep quality and depression in the patients of the two groups.@*RESULTS@#In the observation group, the score of each item of SF-36, the score of each item of PSQI and SDS score after treatment were all improved significantly as compared with those before treatment respectively (<0.05, <0.01). In the control group, the scores of overall health, vitality and mental health in SF-36 and the score of sleep time of PSQI after treatment were improved as compared with those before treatment respectively (<0.05). After treatment, the score of each item of SF-36, the scores of sleep quality, sleep time, sleep efficiency and sleep disorders of PSQI, as well as SDS score in the observation group were all better than those in the control group respectively (<0.01, <0.05). The score of SF-36 was relevant to the scores of PSQI and SDS in the patients of chronic fatigue syndrome ( =0.331, <0.05; =-0.706, <0.01). The improvement value of SF-36 score was closely related to the improvement value of SDS score in the observation group ( =-0.657, <0.01).@*CONCLUSION@#The ginger-separated moxibustion effectively relieves fatigue and depression condition and improves sleep quality in the patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. The fatigue condition is relevant with sleep quality and depression condition to a certain extent in the patients.
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Objective To find out the quality of brain function electromagnetic adjuvant therapy for neurosis treatment.Methods 100 patients were randomly divided into two groups,study group(50 cases)was treated for brain function by electromagnetic therapy with the drug treatment,and only drug treatment was used for the control group(50 cases).The psychological symptom checklist(SCL-90)and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scale(PSQI)were used to assess clinical symptoms and sleep quality of the two groups before and after therapy of 30 days,and the scale results were compared.Results After treatment,somatization,interpersonal sensitivity,anxiety,depression,hostility,phobia,obsessive-compulsive disorder,paranoid and psychotic items score of SCL-90 scale of study group was significantly lower than the scale before treatment(all P ＜0.05);after treatment somatization and anxiety item scores of SCL-90 scale of study group were significantly lower than the control group(all P ＜0.05).After treatment PSQI total scale score,sleep latency,sleep continuity,sleep efficiency,the use of sleep medications and sleep disorders of study group were significantly lower than before treatment(all P ＜ 0.01);after treatment PSQI total scale score and all items scores of study group were significantly lower than the control group(all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Adjuvant treatment of brain electromagnetic had significant effects of improving sleep quality,relieving anxiety and somatization for neurological patients.