Effect of Qijiao moxibustion combined with herbal incense burning on sleep quality and inflammatory factors in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Objective To explore the effect of Qijiao moxibustion combined with herbal incense burning on ameliorating sleep disor-ders in patients with inflammatory bowel disease(IBD).Methods A total of 101 IBD patients with sleep disorders of heart-spleen deficiency type were divided into a control group of 51 and an observation group of 50 chronologically.The control group received routine nursing care,while the observation group additionally received Qijiao moxibustion combined with herbal incense burning for 4 weeks.Results After the intervention,the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)score,polysomnography parameters,the Hos-pital Anxiety and Depression Scale score,the Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Score,and concentrations of inflammatory factors in the observation group were significantly better than those in the control group(all P＜0.05).Conclusion The combina-tion use of Qijiao moxibustion and herbal incense burning can effectively alleviate negative emotions and traditional Chinese medi-cine syndromes,reduce levels of inflammatory factors,and improve sleep quality.
inflammatory bowel diseasesleep disordersQijiao moxibustionherbal incenseanxietydepressionin-flammatory factorstraditional Chinese medicine based nursing
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