Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy
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Sajedeh Behtaj

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• Research Article
  On the Comparison of the Effectiveness of Acupuncture and Medication Therapy on Improving Sleep Disorders in Women Suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  Author(s): Sajedeh Behtaj Sajedeh Behtaj
  
  This study aims to compare the effectiveness of acupuncture and medication therapy on improving sleep disorders in women suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder. This study is a quasi-experimental with pretestposttest, control group, and follow-up period. The study population included all women suffering from generalized anxiety disorder and sleep disorder. Purposive sampling was used to select the sample. Using this method, 45 participants were selected and randomly assigned to three groups: acupuncture, medication therapy, and control groups. Acupuncture group received 12 to 15 treatment sessions (2-3 times a week) in DU20, HT7, PC6, Kid6, Ren12, UB62, Sp6, Anmian and Ear-shen men. Medication therapy group were taken drugs under the supervision of a psychiatric while the control group received no intervention over this period. In order to analyze the data, repeated measures were.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0277.1000290

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