Self-administered acupressure for insomnia:
abridged secondary publication
WF Yeung1, KF Chung2, ZJ Zhang3, LX Lao4, LKP Suen5, FYY Ho6, LM Ho7
1 School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
2 Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
3 School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
4 Virginia University of Integrative Medicine Vienna, Virginia, United States
5 School of Nursing, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong SAR, China
6 Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
7 School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Self-administered acupressure results in significantly greater reduction in symptom severity of insomnia at weeks 4 and 8, compared with sleep hygiene education.
- Self-administered acupressure results in greater improvement in anxiety, depression, and healthrelated quality of life at week 8, compared with sleep hygiene education.
- A short training course (two 2-hour sessions) of self-administered acupressure is an acceptable first-step intervention for people with insomnia.