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El efecto del tratamiento de acupuntura en la calidad del sueño en pacientes con accidente cerebrovascular
Nur Kesiktaş1, Eser Kalaoğlu1, Büşra Şirin Ahısha1
1Istanbul Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Health Science University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Topics in stroke rehabilitation
|September 4, 2025
Resumen
La terapia de acupuntura mejoró significativamente la calidad del sueño en pacientes con insomnio en las primeras etapas posteriores al accidente cerebrovascular. Este tratamiento de bajo riesgo, cuando se agrega a la rehabilitación estándar, ofrece una opción rentable para mejores resultados de sueño.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Neurología
- La medicina integrada
- Medicina del sueño
Sus antecedentes:
- Los trastornos del sueño son complicaciones frecuentes después del accidente cerebrovascular.
- La acupuntura presenta una estrategia terapéutica de bajo riesgo y rentable para el insomnio posterior al accidente cerebrovascular.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar la eficacia de la acupuntura para mejorar la calidad del sueño en pacientes con insomnio temprano después del accidente cerebrovascular.
- Comparar los cambios en la calidad del sueño en pacientes que recibieron acupuntura más rehabilitación estándar frente a la rehabilitación estándar sola.
Principales métodos:
- Un estudio aleatorizado, controlado y en un solo grupo ciego en el que participaron 70 pacientes con ictus isquémico en rehabilitación hospitalaria.
- Los participantes fueron asignados a un grupo de acupuntura o a un grupo de control que recibió atención estándar.
- La calidad del sueño se midió utilizando el Índice de Calidad del Sueño de Pittsburgh (PSQI) al inicio, la semana 4 y la semana 8.
Principales resultados:
- El grupo de acupuntura demostró una mejoría estadísticamente significativa en la calidad del sueño en comparación con el grupo de control.
- Ambos grupos mostraron mejoras en las puntuaciones de PSQI, pero la reducción fue más pronunciada en el grupo de acupuntura.
- Se observó una correlación entre las puntuaciones iniciales del PSQI y la gravedad de la depresión.
Conclusiones:
- La terapia de acupuntura es una intervención eficaz para mejorar la calidad del sueño en las primeras etapas posteriores al accidente cerebrovascular.
- La integración de la acupuntura en los protocolos de rehabilitación estándar puede mejorar los resultados del sueño para los pacientes con insomnio posterior al accidente cerebrovascular.
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