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Sleep quality improvement in chiropractic patients: a pilot study.
American Sleep Research Institute, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA March 1, 2010
STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional descriptive study of self-reported quality of sleep in individuals. OBJECTIVES: To assess and describe subjective quality of sleep in subjects, with and without chiropractic treatments. SETTING: Private Practice. METHODS: A total of 80 Chiropractors, patients, and non-patients were sent and responded to a questionnaire containing queries about chiropractic care, pain intensities, pain timing, mood, and sleep quality and completed the Epworth Sleepiness Scale survey to assess quality of sleep. RESULTS: The 80 questionnaires that were returned were analyzed. Respondents were divided into two groups: (1) those who reported receiving chiropractic care, and (2) those who reported to not have had chiropractic care for at least six months. Group(1) Patients of chiropractors reported fewer sleep problems, better quality of sleep and had superior scores on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale compared with Group(2). CONCLUSIONS: Improved subjective sleep quality was associated with chiropractic care. It is possible that the benefit of chiropractic treatments serves as a modulator of sleep factors. SPONSORSHIP: This study was made possible by grants from iSleep.
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