IRCT20230222057494N1RecruitingUnknown
Investigating the effectiveness of the acupressure combination of Sanyinjiao (SP6) and Shenmen (HT7) points on the sleep quality of the elderly: A family-oriented three parallel group clinical trial
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Unknown
- Status
- Recruiting
- Enrollment
- 126
Study Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 60 years to no limit (—)
- Sex
- All
Inclusion Criteria
- •age over 60 years old
- •Having full awareness and listening and speaking ability suitable for learning research intervention
- •MMSE score more than 22 in literate people and AMTS score more than 7 in illiterate people
- •Unfavorable sleep quality based on answers to the Pittsburgh sleep quality questionnaire (a score of 5-21 is considered as unfavorable sleep quality)
- •Entry criteria for the person accompanying the elderly: 1- To have the most contact with the elderly.
- •To have the ability to correctly implement the intervention on the elderly
- •The health literacy score is more than 66.1 from the HELIA questionnaire
Exclusion Criteria
- •Secondary insomnia caused by physical illness or mental disorder
- •Those who received other sleep-related treatments within 2 weeks before the study.
- •History of mental illness (based on the elderly's self-report)
- •Dependence or addiction to any drug, pain reliever, anti-depressant, sleeping pill and alcohol
- •Having sleep-related diseases such as obstructive sleep apnea or restless legs syndrome
- •Regarding the person accompanying the elderly: Having any physical disease related to the fingers
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