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| Title |
Acupuncture for sleep quality, BDNF levels and immunosenescence: A randomized controlled study
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| Published in |
Neuroscience Letters, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.12.016 |
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| Authors |
Carina Zuppa, Carine H.do Prado, Andrea Wieck, Aline Zaparte, Andressa Barbosa, Moisés Evandro Bauer |
| Abstract |
Poor sleep in elderly populations is associated with detrimental neuropsychological, and physiological changes including premature immunosenescence and reduced brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Here, we evaluated the effects of acupuncture on sleep quality, psychological distress and immunosenescence in elderly, as well as effects on BDNF levels. Forty-eight community-dwelling elderly were randomized into true or placebo acupuncture, and intervention consisted of ten sessions. Sleep quality, depression and stress scores were evaluated by the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), beck depression inventory (BDI II) and perceived stress scale (PSS), respectively, before and after the intervention. Lymphocyte subsets commonly associated with stress, sleep impairment and immunosenescence were phenotyped by flow cytometry. BDNF plasma levels were assessed by ELISAs. Acupuncture was highly effective for improving sleep quality (-53.23%; p<0.01), depression (-48.41%; p<0.01), and stress (-25.46%; p<0.01). However, neither lymphocyte subpopulations nor BDNF levels changed following the intervention. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 27 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 8 | 30% |
| United States | 6 | 22% |
| Norway | 2 | 7% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Sweden | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 9 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 19 | 70% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 19% |
| Scientists | 2 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 153 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 151 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 27 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 10% |
| Researcher | 15 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 8% |
| Other | 18 | 12% |
| Unknown | 31 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 55 | 36% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 24 | 16% |
| Psychology | 8 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 17 | 11% |
| Unknown | 39 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 July 2018.
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