Effect of rolling needle therapy on quality of life in the patient of non-organic chronic insomnia: a randomized controlled trial / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To probe therapeutic effect of rolling needle therapy on insomnia and standardize the therapeutic program.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Multi-central randomized blind controlled trials were used, and 180 cases were randomly divided into a rolling needle group and a medication group, 90 cases in each group. The rolling needle group were treated with rolling needle therapy at the Urinary Bladder Channel line 1 and 2 at the back and the Governor Vessel, and the medication group with clonopin 4-6 mg, for 4 weeks. Effective rates for sleep disturbance improvement and Spitzer index of life quality were evaluated after 4 weeks' treatment and 3 months' follow-up.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The effective rate was 82.2% in the rolling needle group and 60.0% in the medication group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05), and with a significant difference between the two groups in Spitzer index of life quality (P < 0.05). After 3 months' follow-up, the effective rate was 40.0% in the rolling needle group and 30.3% in the medication group with no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05), and there was a significant difference between the two groups in Spitzer index of life quality.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Rolling needle therapy can treat chronic insomnia and increase life quality of the patient.</p>