NCT03053648

Self-acupressure for Insomnia

Self-acupressure for Insomnia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Abstract Objectives: To explore the clinical effects of self-acupressure for treating insomnia delivered by a training course. Hypothesis: Subjects who have participated in the self-acupressure training course will have greater improvement in insomnia symptoms and daytime impairment than the sleep hygiene education control group at 4 and 8 weeks. Design and subjects: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Subjects with insomnia will be recruited from the community. 30 subjects will be randomized to self-acupressure and sleep hygiene education control groups in a 1: 1 ratio. Study instrument: Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) will be used to assess insomnia symptoms and daytime impairment. Interventions: Subjects in the self-acupressure group will attend two training sessions to learn self-acupressure and will practice self-acupressure every night for 4 weeks; subjects in the sleep hygiene education control group will receive two training sessions to learn sleep hygiene practice. Main outcome measures: The primary outcome measure is the ISI score. Other measures include sleep parameters using subjective sleep diary, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and SF-6D at 4 and 8 weeks. Acceptability and sustainability of self-acupressure will also be evaluated. Data Analysis: Differences in the questionnaire scores, subjective sleep parameters will be examined using a mixed-effects model.

Conditions

• Insomnia
• Acupressure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Self-acupressure	The subjects will be told to perform self-acupressure 30 min before sleep for 20 min every night for 4 weeks. Telephone follow-up will be made twice a week by the trained student research assistant during the 4-week treatment period to remind subjects to practice self-acupressure.
OTHER	Sleep hygiene education	A training hand-out will be provided to each subject. The hand-outs included manualized sleep hygiene instructions. A registered nurse who has been trained by a clinical psychologist will be the instructor on sleep hygiene and activity scheduling. To enhance interaction and ensure the quality of teaching, each course will be conducted in a group of 5 participants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-01
• Primary completion: 2017-03-03
• Completion: 2017-03-31
• First posted: 2017-02-15
• Last updated: 2017-02-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong