The effect of enhanced external counterpulsation on the sleep of some coronary heart disease patients who suffer from insomnia / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on coronary heart diseas epatients who suffer from insomnia .Methods Ninety-two cases of coronary heart disease patients with insomnia were divided into observation group and control group randomly ,46 cases in each group .The cases in control group were given routine drug treatment and nursing for coronary heart disease and insomnia .On this base ,the cases in observation group were given EECP .Use the pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) to evaluate the sleep quality of two groups on day of admission and 30d after treatment .The dimensions score and total score of two groups in each time were compared and analyzed .Results After the intervention of 30 d ,PSQI scores in the observation group were lower than those before intervention ,and lower than that of control group ,and there was statistical signifi-cance(P<0 .05) .Conclusion The EECP can relieve the insomnia of coronary heart disease patients ,and improve there sleep quali-ty .