Author: Chia-Wen Chuang1,2, Ming-Yen Tsai3, Shih-Chung Wu4, Wen-Chun Liao5,6,7
Affiliation: <sup>1</sup> Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
<sup>2</sup> Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
<sup>3</sup> Department of Chinese Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
<sup>4</sup> Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
<sup>5</sup> School of Nursing, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
<sup>6</sup> Department of Nursing, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
<sup>7</sup> Taiwan Holistic Care Evidence Implementation Center: A JBI Affiliated Group, Taichung, Taiwa.
Conference/Journal: Integr Cancer Ther
Date published: 2024 Jan-Dec
Other:
Volume ID: 23 , Pages: 15347354241308857 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1177/15347354241308857. , Word Count: 196
Background:
Sleep disturbance and insomnia are common adverse events in patients with breast cancer (BC). Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment for sleep disturbance includes acupuncture, acupressure, auricular acupressure/auricular acupuncture, and Qigong. However, the specific efficacy of these TCM treatment remains unclear.
Materials and methods:
This systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) investigated the effects of various TCM treatment on improving sleep quality in BC survivors.
Methods:
Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) reporting the results of TCM treatments were included. The main NMA included 12 RCTs involving 1011 participants. The risk of bias was assessed using the RoB 2 tool for randomized controlled trials. The certainty of evidence of the NMA was assessed in accordance with GRADE (the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations).
Results:
Acupressure, acupuncture, auricular acupuncture/auricular acupressure, and qigong were identified as optimal TCM treatment (P < .05) for enhancing sleep quality in BC survivors.
Conclusion:
Our results provide some evidence that TCM treatment, particularly acupressure, can be beneficial in improving sleep quality in BC survivors. However, larger-scale clinical trials with robust methodological designs are required to validate and extend our findings.
Keywords: breast cancer; insomnia; sleep disturbance; traditional Chinese medicine.
PMID: 39704364 PMCID: PMC11662389 DOI: 10.1177/15347354241308857