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Article: The effectiveness of acupuncture on the sleep quality of elderly with dementia: A within-subjects trial

TitleThe effectiveness of acupuncture on the sleep quality of elderly with dementia: A within-subjects trial
Authors
KeywordsSleep disturbance
Acupuncture
Patients with dementia
Issue Date2013
Citation
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2013, v. 8, p. 923-929 How to Cite?
AbstractPurpose: Elderly with dementia are often afflicted with sleep problems. Recent studies have suggested that acupuncture may be a feasible alternative to traditional sleep medicine for treat-ing sleep disturbance. This study investigated the effectiveness of acupuncture on sleep quality of elderly with dementia. Patients and methods: Nineteen elders with dementia were followed through a control period and an acupuncture treatment period, each lasting 6 weeks. Outcome measures were subjects' sleep quality and cognitive function. Sleep parameters were recorded by wrist actigraphy. Cognitive function was assessed by the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive (ADAS-Cog). Pretests and posttests were conducted immediately before and after the control and treatment periods. Changes in the outcome measures between control and treatment periods were compared. Results: Wilcoxon signed rank tests revealed that the subjects gained significantly more rest-ing time and total sleep time in the treatment period than in the control period (P,0.05). A nonsignificant trend for improvement in sleep efficiency was observed. Improvement in cognitive function was not statistically significant. A total of 86% of the subjects completed the treatment regime. Conclusion: Results reveal that acupuncture was effective in improving some domains of sleep quality of elderly with dementia, and the subjects showed acceptance towards the intervention. Strengths and limitations of the present study as well as suggestions for further studies were considered. © 2013 Kwok et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/244152
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2013 Impact Factor: 1.824
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.893
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dc.contributor.authorKwok, Timothy-
dc.contributor.authorLeung, Ping Chung-
dc.contributor.authorWing, Yun Kwok-
dc.contributor.authorIp, Isaac-
dc.contributor.authorWong, Bel-
dc.contributor.authorHo, Daniel Wai Hung-
dc.contributor.authorWong, Wai Ming-
dc.contributor.authorHo, Florence-
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-31T08:56:12Z-
dc.date.available2017-08-31T08:56:12Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.citationClinical Interventions in Aging, 2013, v. 8, p. 923-929-
dc.identifier.issn1176-9092-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/244152-
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Elderly with dementia are often afflicted with sleep problems. Recent studies have suggested that acupuncture may be a feasible alternative to traditional sleep medicine for treat-ing sleep disturbance. This study investigated the effectiveness of acupuncture on sleep quality of elderly with dementia. Patients and methods: Nineteen elders with dementia were followed through a control period and an acupuncture treatment period, each lasting 6 weeks. Outcome measures were subjects' sleep quality and cognitive function. Sleep parameters were recorded by wrist actigraphy. Cognitive function was assessed by the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive (ADAS-Cog). Pretests and posttests were conducted immediately before and after the control and treatment periods. Changes in the outcome measures between control and treatment periods were compared. Results: Wilcoxon signed rank tests revealed that the subjects gained significantly more rest-ing time and total sleep time in the treatment period than in the control period (P,0.05). A nonsignificant trend for improvement in sleep efficiency was observed. Improvement in cognitive function was not statistically significant. A total of 86% of the subjects completed the treatment regime. Conclusion: Results reveal that acupuncture was effective in improving some domains of sleep quality of elderly with dementia, and the subjects showed acceptance towards the intervention. Strengths and limitations of the present study as well as suggestions for further studies were considered. © 2013 Kwok et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofClinical Interventions in Aging-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectSleep disturbance-
dc.subjectAcupuncture-
dc.subjectPatients with dementia-
dc.titleThe effectiveness of acupuncture on the sleep quality of elderly with dementia: A within-subjects trial-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.2147/CIA.S45611-
dc.identifier.pmid23940415-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC3736969-
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dc.identifier.hkuros230741-
dc.identifier.volume8-
dc.identifier.spage923-
dc.identifier.epage929-
dc.identifier.eissn1178-1998-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000322436000001-
dc.identifier.issnl1176-9092-

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