Table 1.
The parameter changes before and after EA treatment.
| Before | After | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysomnography | Time in bed(min) | 432.6 | 573.5 |
| Total sleep time (min) | 351.5 | 377 | |
| Sleep efficiency(%) | 81.3 | 65.7 | |
| Sleep-onset latency (min) | 6.7 | 6.7 | |
| Wake after sleep onset (min) | 81.5 | 197 | |
| N1 sleep (min) | 124.5 | 221.5 | |
| N2 sleep (min) | 201 | 121 | |
| N3 sleep (min) | 3.5 | / | |
| REM sleep (min) | 22.5 | 34.5 | |
| AHI score (events/h) | 4.3 | 3.0 | |
| ODI score (events/h) | 14.0 | 4.9 | |
| PLM Index (events/h) | 135.2 | 64.5 | |
| Scales | PDSS | 93 | 101 |
| ESS | 16 | 16 | |
| PSQI | 11 | 9 | |
| HMAD | 9 | 8 | |
| HAMA | 5 | 5 |
REM sleep, rapid-eye-movement sleep; AHI, apnea-hypopnea index; ODI, oxygen desaturation index; PDSS, score ranging from 0 to 150, with higher scores indicating more serious sleep disturbance; ESS, score ranging from 0 to 24, with higher scores indicating more serious sleepiness; PSQI, 0–5 stands for good sleep, and higher scores indicating worse sleep; HAMD, 0–7 stands for normal,7–16 stands for probable depression,17–24 stands for depression, with higher scores indicating more serious depression; HAMA, 0–7 stands for normal,7–13 stands for probable anxiety,14–56 stands for anxiety, with higher scores indicating more serious anxiety.