Liu Xiao-Rong, Rana Nicole, Wong Ng-Shin, James Chabu, Lu Jue, Xu Xiao
Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow, China (Drs Liu and Rana and Ms Wong); School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia (Dr Rana and Ms Wong); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Dr James); School of Nursing, Changzhou University, Changzhou, China (Ms Lu and Mr Xu); and Faculty of Health and Welfare, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Pori, Finland (Ms Lu).
Holist Nurs Pract. 2020 Mar/Apr;34(2):103-112. doi: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000372.
Auricular acupressure (AA) is widely used in East Asia and Europe to manage patients with sleep disturbance. This feasibility study was performed to demonstrate the potential of AA for sleep disturbance in patients with leukemia. Thirty-two patients with leukemia with poor sleep quality received AA 3 times a day for a total of 4 weeks. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to assess sleep quality at baseline, at a 2-week intervention, and after a 4-week intervention. Compared with baseline scores, PSQI scores and the use of sleep medicine were significantly improved at week 2 and week 4 (P < .05). As a potential safety therapy, AA could be an alternative or complementary intervention to improve sleep quality for patients with leukemia with sleep disturbance.
耳穴按压法（AA）在东亚和欧洲被广泛用于治疗睡眠障碍患者。本可行性研究旨在证明AA对白血病患者睡眠障碍的治疗潜力。32名睡眠质量较差的白血病患者每天接受3次AA治疗，共持续4周。采用匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）在基线、干预2周时和干预4周后评估睡眠质量。与基线评分相比，PSQI评分和助眠药物的使用在第2周和第4周时显著改善（P < 0.05）。作为一种潜在的安全治疗方法，AA可以作为一种替代或补充干预措施，用于改善有睡眠障碍的白血病患者的睡眠质量。
