Effect of acupoint patching combined with traditional Chinese medicine foot bath in treating sleep disorders of elderly essential hypertension
Objective To explore the effect of acupoint patching combined with traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)foot bath in treating sleep disorders of elderly essential hypertension.Methods A total of 82 cases of elderly essential hyperten-sion with sleep disorders treated in our hospital from January 2022 to January 2023 were randomly assigned into the treatment group(n =41)and the control group(n =41).All patients were managed by routine Western medicine,and those in the treat-ment group were additionally treated with acupoint patching combined with TCM foot bath.Treated for 3 weeks,the aim was to compare Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)(dyssomnia,daytime function,time before falling asleep,sleep efficiency,sleep time,sleep quality,hypnotics)scores,blood pressure levels(systolic blood pressure[SBP]and diastolic blood pressure[DBP]),Mini-Mental State Examination(MMSE)scores.The curative effect was assessed.Results The overall effective rate in the treatment group was better than that of the control group(97.56%[40/41]vs 78.05%[32/41],[P<0.05],re-spectively).After treatment,the patients in the two groups presented significantly lower PSQI(dyssomnia,daytime function,time before falling asleep,sleep efficiency,sleep time,sleep quality,hypnotics)scores,SBP and DBP(all P<0.05),and significantly higher MMSE scores(P<0.05)than those before treatment,and the improvements were more pronounced in the treatment group than those of the control group(all P<0.05).Conclusion Acupoint patching combined with TCM foot bath in treating sleep disorders of elderly essential hypertension has definite clinical efficacy,which can effectively improve dyssomnia,decrease blood pressure and improve cognitive function.
Essential hypertensionDyssomniaTraditional Chinese medicine foot bathAcupoint patching
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