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4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative Evaluation of Ashwagandha (Clocks & sleep · 2026Article
- Treatment Modalities for Insomnia in Adults Aged 55 and Older: A Systematic Review of Literature from 2018 to 2023.Current sleep medicine reports · 2024Article
- Ayurvedic Interventions for Primary Insomnia in the Elderly: A Systematic Review of Clinical Evidence and Research Gaps.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthReview
- Clinical consensus statements on Marsha Nasya - A feasibility study towards developing clinical practice guidelines of therapeutic procedures in Ayurveda.Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicineArticle
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Abstract
Background: Decreased ability to fall asleep and/or stay asleep with daytime effects of sleep deprivation is identified as primary insomnia. Elderly due to the predominant Aim: To determine the combined efficacy of oral administration of Materials and methods: This was randomized, open-label clinical study conducted at the hospital of Pt. Khushilal Sharma Government Ayurveda College and Institute Bhopal. Randomly selected 60 elderly patients with primary insomnia were randomly divided into two groups (30 in each group). Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to assess the symptoms of primary insomnia. Relief in the subjective symptoms was assessed in percentage. Then, the statistical significance of result within the group was assessed using Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test and the comparative effect of therapy in both groups was assessed using Mann-Whitney test. Graph Pad InStat-3 software was used for statistical analysis. Results: On subjective sleep quality 86.66% relief with P < 0.0001, on sleep latency 60.02% improvement with P < 0.0001, improvement in sleep duration was reported in 89.15% of patients with P < 0.0001 and improvement in sleep efficiency was reported in 90.14% of patients with statistically extremely significant P < 0.0001 were observed in combined therapy group ( Conclusion: In 30 days treatment combined therapy was found more effective in the management of primary insomnia in the elderly compared with
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