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Efficacy and Safety of Auricular Acupuncture in Treating Insomnia Post-stroke
Led by University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City · Updated on 2024-10-01
60
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
30 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Auricular acupuncture works to treat Insomnia Post-stroke patients. It will also learn about the safety of Auricular. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does Auricular acupuncture reduce the time it took participants to fall asleep? * Dose Auricular acupuncture increase the number of hours participants slept? * Dose Auricular acupuncture improve sleep quality as measured by The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)? * What medical problems do participants have when taking Auricular acupuncture? Researchers will compare Auricular acupuncture to a sham Auricular acupuncture (a look-alike acupuncture needles that contains no needles) to see if Auricular acupuncture works to treat insomnia post-stroke. Participants will: * Take Auricular acupuncture or sham Auricular acupuncture every 5 days for 4 weeks. * Checkups and evaluate sleep onset time, sleep hours, and sleep quality every 5 days for 4 weeks. * Keep a diary sleep of their symptoms and the number of times they use sleeping pills.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Efficacy and Safety of Auricular Acupuncture in Treating Insomnia Post-stroke
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients aged 18 years or older with a post-stroke period of 3 months or more based on discharge papers or medical records
- Patients who meet the diagnostic criteria for insomnia according to the DSM-V for at least 3 months
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients with insomnia before the stroke
- Patients diagnosed with other sleep disorders such as sleep apnea syndrome or narcolepsy
- Patients diagnosed with neurological or psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or behavioral disorders affecting sleep before the stroke
- Patients using antidepressants or psychiatric drugs
- Patients participating in other clinical trials with behavioral, psychological, or complementary medical interventions during the study period
- Patients not cooperating during data collection
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
HoChiMinh University of Medicine and Phamacy
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Research Team
A
An Thi Thuy Nguyen
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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