Effect of Acupuncture on Pregnancy-Related Insomnia and Melatonin: A Single-Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Saeedeh ForoughiniaKamran HessamiNasrin AsadiLeila ForoughiniaMohammadjavad HadianfardAzadeh HajihosseiniNajmeh PirastehMehrdad Vossoughi Homeira VafaeiAzam FarajiMaryam KasraeianMehrnoosh DoroudchiMohammad Rafiee Monjezi Shohreh RoozmehKhadije Bazrafshan

Published in: Nature and science of sleep (2020)

Acupuncture was shown to significantly improve the sleep quality in pregnant women, possibly through increasing melatonin secretion, and could be recommended as a low-cost and low-risk alternative treatment to pharmacological therapies.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
low cost
double blind
pregnant women
placebo controlled
depressive symptoms
study protocol
pregnancy outcomes
physical activity
open label
clinical trial
phase iii
preterm birth
phase ii
randomized controlled trial