Correlation between Chinese medicine patterns and PSQI scores in patients with insomnia in malignant tumours and analysis of medication patterns
10.3969/j.issn.1673-9701.2025.12.006
- VernacularTitle:肿瘤失眠患者中医证型与PSQI的相关性及用药分析
- Author:
Cheng ZHANG
1
;
Yuzhen PAN
;
Ying ZHU
Author Information
1. 辽宁中医药大学第一临床学院,辽宁沈阳 110847
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Malignant tumor;
Insomnia;
Pittsburgh sleep quality index;
Traditional Chinese medicine syndromes;
Traditional Chinese medicine;
Medication rules
- From:
China Modern Doctor
2025;63(12):25-29
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the correlation between Chinese medicine patterns and Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI)scores in patients with insomnia of malignant tumours,and to summarize the rules of Chinese medicine for treating patients with insomnia of malignant tumours,so as to provide reference for clinical treatment.Methods Sixty-three patients with malignant tumours who were hospitalised in the Department of Oncology,Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of traditional Chinese Medicine from September 2023 to March 2024 and met the criteria were studied and the patients'traditional Chinese medicine patterns,PSQI scores and traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions were collected,and the data were sorted out by Excel,and the frequency,efficacy,meridian,and flavour of the medicines were counted,and then analysed by IBM SPSS Modeler 18.0 for the analysis of medication correlation rules.Results The highest prevalence of poor PSQI grade was found in the heart-Qi deficiency type(45.00％),the highest prevalence of phlegm-heat disturbing the heart,liver-depressing fire,liver-Qi stagnation,and Yin-deficiency and fire-excessive types all had average PSQI grades(50.00％,45.45％,50.00％,and 60.00％,respectively),and the highest prevalence of heart-Yang deficiency type had PSQI score grades of very good,good,and average(33.33％).There was a significant positive correlation between patients with heart-Qi deficiency evidence and PSQI score grades of fair and poor(P＜0.05).There was a positive correlation between patients with phlegm-heat disturbing the heart evidence and PSQI score grades of good,fair,and poor(P＜0.05).There was a positive correlation between patients with liver-depressing fire syndrome and PSQI score grades of fair and poor(P＜0.05).There was a positive correlation between patients with liver-Qi stagnation syndrome and PSQI score grade of fair(P＜0.05).Sixty-three prescriptions were collected,containing 49 flavours of medicines,and the most frequently used medicine was Yuanzhi;The efficacy of the medicines was dominated by deficiency tonic medicines;And among the flavours and attributes of the medicines,sweetness,pacificity,and attribution to the lung meridian were dominated.The second-order and third-order combinations of drugs with the highest support in the association rules were Yuanzhi-Huangqi,and Yuanzhi-Huangqi+Gancao,respectively.Conclusion The Chinese medicine certificates of insomnia patients with malignant tumours collected in this study were correlated with PSQI score grades,and patients with insufficient heart-Qi,phlegm-heat disturbing the heart,liver-depressing fire,and liver-Qi stagnation certificates had high PSQI scores and worse sleep conditions.Traditional Chinese medicine mainly focuses on tonifying deficiency and tranquilising the mind,together with the method of clearing heat and resolving phlegm,diuresis and seepage of dampness,while treatment can be individualised according to the patients'different traditional Chinese medicine evidence types.
