中药药枕对乳腺癌失眠患者睡眠质量的影响

Effects of Chinese herbal medicine pillow on sleep quality of insomnia patients with breast cancer

目的探讨中药药枕对乳腺癌失眠患者睡眠质量的影响。方法选取2016年12月—2017年12月住院的60例乳腺癌伴失眠患者,通过信封法随机分为对照组和观察组,各30例。在常规护理基础上,对照组采用安慰枕,观察组给予中药枕疗。在干预前及干预4周后采用匹兹堡睡眠质量指数(PSQI)对2组患者进行评定比较。结果观察组28例和对照组29例纳入最终研究。干预前,2组患者PSQI评分比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);干预后,观察组PSQI评分较干预前以及对照组下降,差异有统计学意义(P<0.01)。结论中药药枕作为一个简便易行、经济、不良反应少的中医外治疗法,可有效改善乳腺癌失眠患者的睡眠质量。

Objective To investigate the effect of Chinese herbal medicine pillow on sleep quality of insomnia patients with breast cancer.Methods Totally 60 hospitalized breast cancer patients with insomnia were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group,with 30 cases in each group.On the basis of conventional nursing,patients in observation group received Chinese herbal medicine pillow while those in control group received placebo pillow.The scores of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)scale were compared between 2 groups before and four weeks after intervention.Results Totally 57 patients(n=28 in the observation group,n=29 in the control group)were valid for the final analysis.There was no significant difference in PSQI scores between 2 groups before intervention(P>0.05).At 4 weeks after intervention,PSQI scores of the observation group were lower than those before intervention and those of the control group,with a significant difference(P<0.01).Conclusion Chinese herbal medicine pillow,as a simple,low-cost and less adverse reaction therapy,can effectively improve the sleep quality of the breast cancer patients with insomnia.