Wearable Laser Therapy Versus Manual Acupuncture for Chronic Insomnia Trial Data

A protocol document for a randomized controlled trial comparing wearable low-level laser therapy to manual acupuncture for chronic insomnia. The study, authored by Yuchuan Shen and last updated in June 2026, plans to enroll 106 adults and measure outcomes using standardized scales like the Insomnia Severity Index and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. It is registered with the identifier ITMCTR2025000977.

Use Cases

• Comparing the efficacy of wearable laser acupuncture and manual acupuncture based on Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) score changes.
• Analyzing secondary outcomes like sleep quality, fatigue, and anxiety based on PSQI, FSS, PHQ-9, and GAD-7 scores.
• Investigating physiological correlates of insomnia treatment based on heart rate variability (HRV) indices.
• Designing future home-based intervention studies based on the protocol's standardized, acupoint-targeted LLLT methodology.

Strengths

• The trial protocol is clearly defined, including a sample size of 106 participants and specific inclusion criteria (ISI score 8-21).
• Outcome measures are standardized clinical instruments (ISI, PSQI, PHQ-9, GAD-7, FSS).
• The study design is explicitly described as a single-center, parallel-group, assessor-blinded, superiority randomized controlled trial.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 15.0 KB protocol document (DOCX), not the actual trial results data.
• Column-level documentation for any resulting data is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for any eventual data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Yuchuan Shen via figshare

Collection Method

Described as a planned single-center randomized controlled trial.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 05:18:27; freshness should be verified.