Acupuncture treatment on the efficacy of depression after stroke.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Acupuncture treatment on the efficacy of depression after stroke [Keywords:] acupuncture, manipulation, depression after stroke Post-stroke depression (PSD) is depressed after the stroke occurs, interest waned, and sleep disturbance as the main clinical manifestations of a syndrome, can directly affect the quality of life of patients and functional recovery. Depression after stroke, stroke accounts for about 1 / 3 [1]. I Needling Baihui PSD to achieve better therapeutic efficacy of the sun, are reported below. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 Inclusion criteria According to the Chinese Medical Association in 1995, the Fourth National Conference on Cerebrovascular revised lt;lt;types of cerebral vascular disease diagnosis pointsgt;gt; [2] diagnostic criteria, select the October 2004 -2005 Academy of Neurology in May and acupuncture total of 120 patients hospitalized patients, duration of 30 ~ 180 d. All patients were identified by CT or MRI of stroke, of which 54 cases of hemorrhage, infarction, 66 cases were 72 cases of lesions in the left hemisphere and right hemisphere in 48 cases. All patients mental illness are in line with the Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria version 2 revised (CCMD-Ⅱ-R) and the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10) diagnostic criteria for depression. Zung self-rating depression scale [3] score aregt; = 40 points. 1.2 General Information A randomized blinded to the order of 120 patients were divided into the acupuncture treatment by hospital group and the comparison group. Acupuncture treatment group, 60 patients, 22 male and 38 female, aged 48 to 77 years (mean 62.6 + -3.6 years) Before treatment, Zung scale score 41 to 59 (average 49.77 + -5.98) points. Western medicine control group 60 cases, 20 males and 40 cases female; aged 47 to 76 years (mean 62.1 + -5.7) years, Zung scale score before treatment, 41 to 58 years (mean 49.82 + -5.17) points. 1.3 Treatm