Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Auricular Acupuncture in Treating Insomnia Post-stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

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.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• 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.

Locations
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Viet Nam
HoChiMinh University of Medicine and Phamacy
RECRUITING
Ho Chi Minh City
Contact Information
Primary
An Thi Thuy Nguyen
nguyenan27011997@gmail.com
0773030312
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-03-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-10
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Experimental: Auricular Acupuncture
Participants received Auricular Acupuncture every 5 days for 2 weeks combined with sleep hygiene, then stopped acupuncture and monitored for effectiveness after 4 weeks.
Sham_comparator: Sham Auricular Acupuncture
Participants received sham Auricular Acupuncture every 5 days for 2 weeks combined with sleep hygiene, then stopped acupuncture and monitored for effectiveness after 4 weeks.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City

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