Effect of Two Chinese Medicine Physical Therapies on Sleep Quality of Hemodialysis Patients with Sleeping Disorders

TLDR: Foot bath of Chinese medicine and point massage can improve the sleep quality of hemodialysis patients and point Massage is more effective than that of foot bath ofChinese medicine.

Abstract: Objective To compare the effects of point massage and foot bath of Chinese medicine on sleep quality of hemodialysis patients with sleep disordersMethods 80 hemodialysis inpatients with sleep disorders whose Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI) scores were ranged from 7 to 18 were randomly divided into two groups,which were respectively treated by foot bath of Chinese medicine and point massage once a day for two weeksThe sleep quality of patients was assessed with PSQI before and after the treatmentResults After the treatment,the total score of PSQI and scores of sleep quality,sleep latency,sleep time,sleep efficiency,sleep disturbances,daytime dysfunction of the two groups lowered significantly(P001),while the sleep latency of the point massage group was significantly less than that of the foot bath of Chinese medicine group(P005)Conclusion Foot bath of Chinese medicine and point massage can improve the sleep quality of hemodialysis patients and point massage is more effective than that of foot bath of Chinese medicine