Effect of acupuncture on insomnia the following stroke: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

The initial deficit of this study is that it is occurring, There is no proof that energy meridians exist.
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For this proposed trial, researchers evaluate the therapeutic impact of acupuncture on insomnia taking after stroke. This proposed study will contribute to expanding knowledge about acupuncture treatment for insomnia taking after stroke. This will be a high–quality randomized controlled trial with strict methodology and few design deficits. It will examine the viability of acupuncture as an alternative treatment for insomnia taking after stroke.

• For this study researchers conducted a single–center, single–blinded (patient–assessor–blinded), parallel–group randomized controlled trial.
• In this proposed study they will haphazardly assign 60 participants with insomnia taking after stroke into two groups in a 1:1 ratio.
• The intervention gathering will go through traditional acupuncture that achieves the De–qi sensation, and the control gathering will get sham acupuncture without needle insertion.
• The same acupoints (DU20, DU24, EX–HN3, EX–HN22, HT7, and SP6) will be utilized as a part of both gatherings.
• Treatments will be given to all participants three times a week for the subsequent 4 weeks.
• The primary result will be the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
• The secondary result will be: the Insomnia Severity Index; sleep efficacy, sleep awakenings, and total sleep time recorded via actigraphy; the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; the Stroke–Specific Quality of Life score; the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.
• The utilization of estazolam will be allowed and regulated under specific conditions.
• Results will be evaluated at baseline, 2 weeks after treatment commencement, 4 weeks after treatment commencement, and at the 8–week follow–up.

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