Emg Feedback Treatment Of Insomnia Clinical Trials In Shijiazhuang Troops Retired Cadres Elderly Insomnia Survey

This paper aims to approach the effects of electromyography (EMG) feedback on insomnia and investigate the insomnia of the retired elders in the military resthome in Shijiazhuang .For approaching the effect of the EMG feedback on insomnia, All-night polysomnography(PSG), Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS)and Self-rating Anxiety Scale(SAS) were used to evaluate sevene insomniacs before and after the electromyography(EMG) feedback.Results: The electromyography(EMG) feedback had significant effects on the parameters of all-night polysomnography(PSG), including higher sleep efficiency, prolong total sleep time, decrease awake frequency, especially increased the time of stage REM, stage 3 and stage 4 obviously; Furthermore, the patient's anxious symptoms show obvious improvement.An investigation on insomnia was conducted among 115 old people in the military resthome in Shijiazhuang. Results: most affected old people's insomnia was psychological factor; Half of the patients carried insomnia coupled with emotion disorder; Psychological or physiological discomfort resulting from the insomnia has produced a bad influence on the normal life of the elders and women usually took more positive measures than men among those old people who have suffered from the insomnia.