• 대한의료기공학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.61-70
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• 2015

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Su-Gi therapy for Insomnia by using ISI scores and PSQI test. Methods : We investigated 4 patients on condition of Insomnia who was hospitalized in the M Korean medicine hospital in Gyeonggi Province from 8th June, 2015 to 21st October, 2015. The Su-Gi therapy was treated on patients once a day for 10 minutes. We figured out the outcome by using ISI scores and PSQI test. Results : There were no differences on average sleeping time and the time to falling a sleep. Meaningful outcomes in values of ISI scores and PSQI test was not deduced after Su-Gi therapy. There were some progress on disturbance of daytime due to insomnia, ISI scores and PSQI test. In the Correlation analysis of outcomes of before and after the Su-Gi therapy, there were some improvements on ISI scores and PSQI tests and some questionnaire but were not enough to reach meaningful outcomes. We concluded that the more treatment time is needed to improve the condition of patients on insomnia as we see in PSQI test, one month is minimum period time to draw the conclusion. Conclusions : Theses outcomes suggest a possibilities that improvements who are suffering from insomnia can be get well when the Su-Gi therapy is performed for sufficient moments.