Efficacy and Safety of abdominal Acupuncture for InsomniaA protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract

Review question / Objective: This systematic review protocol aims to provide the methods used to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of abdominal acupuncture therapy for treating insomnia. Condition being studied: Insomnia is a subjective symptom of poor sleep quality and low sleep duration due to personal reasons such as inability to fall asleep or easy to wake up and difficulty in falling asleep, Acupuncture is a treatment that promotes health by inserting needles into specific acupoints on the human body at an appropriate depth. Acupuncture treatment of insomnia has the characteristics of simple operation, non-toxic side effects, positive curative effect, and high safety. Abdominal acupuncture is an unusual acupuncture therapy that treats systemic disorders by acupuncturing the viscera and meridians in the abdomen; Western medicine believes that it is the brain-gut axis, which is the theoretical basis of abdominal acupuncture for the treatment of insomnia. The brain-gut axis refers to a bidirectional regulatory system of interactions between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain.abdominal acupuncture stimulates the abdominal tract and improves sleep quality by regulating the secretion of sleep-related brain-gut peptide content through the brain-gut axis. INPLASY registration number: This protocol was registered with the International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (INPLASY) on 23 October 2021 and was last updated on 23 October 2021 (registration number INPLASY2021100088).