Acupuncture for insomnia with short sleep duration: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Introduction In recent years, the incidence of chronic insomnia in adults has become higher, 1 and short sleepers are also showing an increasing trend. 2 Studies have found that patients with insomnia accompanied by short sleep duration can cause many chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and hypertension, 3–7 and may even result in inadequate hydration. 8 Similarly, patients with insomnia with short sleep duration will have many adverse effects on their health.

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