Trial reportJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2021
Perceived benefits of brief acupuncture for sleep disturbances in postdeployment military service members.
Trial report in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04031365 (Acupuncture for Sleep Disturbances in Post-Deployment Military Service Members), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Acupuncture for Sleep Disturbances in Post-Deployment Military Service Members
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- Barriers and facilitators for patients' acceptance and adherence to auriculotherapy: A qualitative systematic review using the theoretical domains framework.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring the application status of qualitative studies in the research area of acupuncture: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2024Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
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objectivesThe purpose of this study was to describe the perceived benefits of manual standardized stress acupuncture (MSSA) for sleep disturbances in service members with deployment exposure.
methodsThis qualitative study was embedded in a 2-arm randomized controlled trial using mixed-methods research that evaluated the effect of weekly MSSA for 4 weeks as an adjunct treatment with abbreviated cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi) for sleep disturbances in service members. Participants were randomized to either the experimental group (CBTi and MSSA) or the control group (CBTi only). The CBTi consisted of 1 group psychotherapy session for 60 minutes, follow-up telephone therapy for 30 minutes, and an additional four 30-minute follow-up sessions via telephone. Participants provided written journal entries by answering 5 open-ended questions about their treatment experiences at week 5 during the posttreatment assessment. Journal log entries were transcribed verbatim using the Dedoose software. A content analysis method was used to code emerging themes.
resultsThree overarching categories were found from the qualitative data: personal challenges in implementing the CBTi sleep strategies, no perception of improvement from treatment, and perceived benefits of treatment. The CBTi/MSSA group reported greater benefits in sleep and in other life areas including mental, physical, and social functioning using content analysis.
conclusionsFindings of this study showed greater improvements in participants' sleep, mood, physical health, and occupational and social functioning after receiving the combination of CBTi and MSSA. Future research that investigates the long-term effects of CBTi and MSSA may be beneficial among postdeployment service members. CLINICAL
trial registrationRegistry: ClinicalTrials.gov; Name: Jane J. Abanes; URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04031365; Identifier: NCT04031365. CITATION: Abanes J, Ridner SH, Rhoten B. Perceived benefits of brief acupuncture for sleep disturbances in postdeployment military service members.
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