NCT05745519

Discussion on Pulse Diagnosis and Heart Rhythm Variability of Patients With Chronic Insomnia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 72 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 79 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Discuss the objective assessment of patients with insomnia by pulse diagnosis, and measure by subjective questionnaire and physiological instruments.

Detailed description

In Taiwan, insomnia is a prevalent illness. Clinical symptoms of sleep disturbances are rather typical now that the epidemic has taken hold. Pulse diagnosis is an important diagnostic method for insomnia in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). TCM pulse diagnosis is not yet a widely used clinical diagnostic method for illnesses, nevertheless. Clinical use and teaching should benefit greatly if pulse diagnosis or learning can be made more objective or data-based.

Conditions

• Heart Rate Variability
• Insomnia Chronic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI)	The scale is suitable for the evaluation of sleep quality in patients with sleep disorders and mental disorders, as well as for the evaluation of sleep quality in general people.
DEVICE	ANSWatch	Measure eight physiological parameters including heartbeat, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rhythm variability HRV, low frequency component LF, high frequency component HF, LF/HF low frequency high frequency component ratio, and irregular heartbeat within five minutes

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-01
• Completion: 2022-12-31
• First posted: 2023-02-27
• Last updated: 2023-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan