Electroacupuncture for Residual Insomnia Associated with Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract

Compared with placebo acupuncture, electroacupuncture and minimal acupuncture resulted in greater improvement in subjective sleep measures at 1 week and 4 week post-treatment. No significant difference was found between electroacupuncture and minimal acupuncture, suggesting that the observed differences could be due to nonspecific effects of needling, regardless of whether it is done according to traditional Chinese medicine theory.

Weekly brief phone support in self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia disorder: Relevance to adherence and efficacy

“…All outcome measures used in this study, except the HADS, were recommended by experts in the field for the assessment of insomnia (Morgenthaler et al, 2006). The HADS was chosen because it was well validated in the Chinese population and was used in our previous studies (Yeung et al, 2011;Yeung, Chung, Zhang, Yap, & Law, 2009). …”

Electroacupuncture in Treating Residual Insomnia Associated With Depression: Lessons Learned

“…Despite standardized treatment protocols, the acupuncturist's skills and biases may still exert influence on clinical outcome. [15][16][17] This provider bias may explain the difference between the positive pilot studies 18,19 and the current study in which similar protocols are used, but the providers are different. In addition, the treatment protocol used by Chung et al 1 raises several concerns from the standpoint of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).…”

Sham Electroacupuncture Methods in Randomized Controlled Trials

“…Among them, 5 studies29549095107 were published between 1992 and 1999; 33 studies22242527303138454752535657586768717273747778818384929397104105106110111 were published between 2000 and 2010; the remaining 56 studies1819202123262832333435363739404142434446484950515559606162636465666970757679808285868788899194969899100101102103108109 were reported from 2010 to 2015 (Fig. 2).…”