Application of traditional Chinese medicine iontophoresis in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy of Qi deficiency and blood stasis type
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20200408-02569
- VernacularTitle:中药离子导入在气虚血瘀型糖尿病周围神经病变患者中的应用
- Author:
Caihong ZHANG
1
;
Weiping GU
Author Information
1. 上海市光华中西医结合医院护理部 200052
- Keywords:
Diabetic neuropathies;
Traditional Chinese medicine iontophoresis;
Qi deficiency and blood stasis type
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2021;27(2):245-250
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the application effect of traditional Chinese medicine iontophoresis in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) of Qi deficiency and blood stasis type.Methods:Using the convenient sampling method, a total of 72 patients with DPN of Qi deficiency and blood stasis type who were admitted to Department of Endocrinology of Pudong New Area Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai from January to June 2019 were selected as the research objects. According to the random number table method, 72 patients with DPN of Qi deficiency and blood stasis were randomly divided into the experimental group and the control group, with 36 cases in each group. Patients in the control group were given conventional treatment and health education. On this basis, patients in the experimental group were given traditional Chinese medicine iontophoresis at Zusanli and Sanyinjiao points on both sides for 14 days of intervention. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) , Toronto Clinical Scoring System (TCSS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used to compare the limb pain, neural symptoms and sleep quality of the two groups before and after intervention.Results:Finally, 34 patients in the experimental group and 35 patients in the control group completed the study. After the intervention, VAS scores of the two groups were lower than those before the intervention and that of the experimental group was lower than that of the control group, and the differences were all statistically significant ( P<0.05) . After the intervention, the total scores of TCSS, sensory function scores and neural symptoms scores of the two groups decreased compared with those before the intervention, and those of the experimental group were lower than those of the control group, and the differences were all statistically significant ( P<0.05) . After the intervention, PSQI of the two groups decreased, and that of the experimental group was lower than that of the control group, and the differences were all statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:Traditional Chinese medicine iontophoresis can alleviate the limb pain of patients with DPN of Qi deficiency and blood stasis, improve the sensory function, neural symptoms and TCSS score of them and improve sleep problems caused by limb pain.
