Efficacy and Safety of Auricular Acupuncture in Treating Insomnia Post-stroke
Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Insomnia, Secondary, Post-stroke Depression
In brief
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.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06540664
- Run by
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
- People needed
- 60
- Starts
- 2024-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2024-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-10-01
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients aged 18 years or older, with a post-stroke period of 03 months or more, based on discharge papers or medical records.
- Patients who meet the diagnostic criteria for insomnia according to the DSM-V of the American Psychiatric Association for at least 3 months.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients with insomnia before the stroke.
- Patients diagnosed with other sleep disorders such as sleep apnea syndrome, narcolepsy.
- Patients diagnosed with neurological diseases or psychiatric disorders such as: Anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, behavioral disorders affecting sleep before the stroke.
- Patients are using antidepressants, 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
Where it is running
- HoChiMinh University of Medicine and Phamacy — Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (enrolling)
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