Clinical efficacy of auricular point pressing therapy combined with light therapy on mild to moderate depression
Objective It is to compare the clinical efficacies of auricular point pressing combined with light therapy,auricular point pressing and escitalopram in the treatment of mild to moderate depression.Methods Ninety-six patients with mild to moderate depression treated in Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from April 2021 to June 2023 were randomly divided into auricular point pressing combined with light therapy group(combination group,n=32,2 cases dropped),auricular point pressing group(n=32,1 case dropped),and the western medicine group(n=32,1 case dropped).The combination group was treated with light therapy with depression light-therapy lamp(light intensity 10000 lux,30 min per time,5 times per week)and unilateral auricular point pressing with Cowherb Seed(1 time per week,al-ternating between bilateral ears),the auricular point pressing group was treated with unilateral auricular point pressing with Cowherb Seed,and the western medicine group was treated with escitalopram orally,10 mg/d,all the three groups were treated for 2 months.The scores of Hamilton Depression Scale 24-item version(HAMD-24),Short Form 36 Questionnaire(SF-36),Self-Depression Scale(SDS)and General Self-Efficacy Scale(GSES)of patients before and after the treatment were compared among the three groups,and the clinical efficacies of the three groups were assessed.Results Compared with those before treatment,the total scores of HAMD-24 and SDS scores of the three groups were significantly reduced after treatment(all P<0.05),and their scores of physiological function,physiological role,energy,emotional role,mental health of SF-36 and GSES scores were significantly increased(all P<0.05);the decreases of total scores of HAMD-24 and SDS scores,and the scores of block,cognitive impairment,day-night change of HAMD-24 were more significant in the combination group than those in the auricular point pressing group and western medicine group(all P<0.05),while the increases of the scores of physiological function and emotional role of SF-36 were more significant than those in the auricular point pressing group and western medicine group(all P<0.05),there was no significant difference in the increase of GSES scores among the three groups(all P>0.05).The total effective rate of the combination group was significantly higher than those in the auricular point pressing group and western medicine group[96.7%(29/30)VS.71.0%(22/31)and 71.0%(22/31),respectively both P<0.05].Conclusion Auricular point pressing combined with light therapy can significantly alleviate the depression of patients with mild to moderate moderate depression,and its overall curative effect is better than that of light therapy and western medicine alone.
mild to moderate depressionlight therapyauricular point pressing
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