ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
The Beneficial Role of Auricular Point Pressure in Insomnia and Anxiety in Isolated COVID-19 Patients.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Effectiveness of applying auricular acupressure to treat insomnia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in sleep · 2024Pooled it
- Living through the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of effective mitigating interventions.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Clinical effects of acupuncture treatment for prevention of insomnia-induced stroke: A large-scale cohort study.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2025Article
- Precision nutrition to reset virus-induced human metabolic reprogramming and dysregulation (HMRD) in long-COVID.NPJ science of food · 2024Review
- Traditional Chinese medicine for promoting mental health of patients with COVID-19: a scoping review.Acupuncture and herbal medicine · 2022Article
- The Role of Acupuncture for Long COVID: Mechanisms and Models.Medical acupuncture · 2022Article
- Efficacy of auricular plaster therapy for sleep disorders in preschool children with autism spectrum disorders: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Effects and safety of auricular acupressure on depression and anxiety in isolated COVID-19 patients: A single-blind randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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18 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes psychological distress and can have a negative impact on the general mental health and rehabilitation in affected patients under currently implemented isolation guidelines. Auricular point pressure (APP) as well-established technique in traditional Chinese medicine may help to relieve sleep disturbance and anxiety in COVID-19 patients.
methodsDuring the early phase of the epidemic/pandemic, patients were enrolled in this study (02/2020 until 03/2020
resultsThe SMH score and sleep status changed in APP patients at the end of the treatment period when compared with No-APP patients (
conclusionThe results from our snapshot study during the early phase of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic/pandemic suggest that auricular point pressure could be a simple and effective tool to relieve insomnia and situational anxiety in hospitalized patients suffering from COVID-19 and kept under disconcerting conditions of isolation.
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