Open AccessEfficacy and safety of acupuncture for senile insomnia
Author(s) -
Jiuru Wu,
Yan Shi,
Xichen Wang,
Xiukun Dong,
Xinyu Liu,
Guojian Wang,
Yinghua Hu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1536-5964
pISSN - 0025-7974
DOI - 10.1097/md.0000000000026700
Subject(s) - medicine , acupuncture , insomnia , cochrane library , medline , randomized controlled trial , traditional chinese medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , systematic review , alternative medicine , psychiatry , nursing , pathology , political science , law
Abstract Background: Senile insomnia seriously affects the quality of life of the elderly. With the increase of the proportion of insomnia in the elderly, compared with the elderly with normal sleep quality, the elderly with long-term insomnia are more likely to have dizziness, fatigue, and decreased immunity. Acupuncture has shown good effects in the treatment of insomnia. At present, there is a lack of systematic review on acupuncture in the treatment of senile insomnia. We conduct this study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of senile insomnia. Methods: We will search Chinese and English databases: China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Scientific and Journal Database, Wan Fang database (Wanfang), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library to identify articles of randomized clinical trials of acupuncture for senile insomnia. All above electronic databases will be searched from inception to September 1, 2021. RevMan 5.3 software will be used to conduct this systematic review. Results: The study will prove the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for senile insomnia. Conclusion: We plan to submit this systematic review to a peer-reviewed journal. INPLASY registration number: INPLASY202160106.