：Objective To analyze the application efficacy of mind-tranquilizing herbal pillow plus traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)foot bath in the treatment of elderly patients with sleep disorders. Methods 〓Totally 60 elderly patients with sleep disorders were randomly divided into two groups, with 30 cases in each group. The control group was treated by TCM foot bath, while the observation group was added mind-tranquilizing herbal pillow based on TCM foot bath. The intervention efficacy and changes of sleep quality before and after intervention were evaluated between two groups. Results 〓The overall response rate of observation group was 96.67%, obviously higher than 70.00% of control group(P0.05). After intervention, each score and total score of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)went down obviously in two groups when compared with intervention before(P0.05). Except for sleep efficiency and drugs, other scores of observation group were all lower than those of control group(P0.05). Conclusion 〓Mind-tranquilizing herbal pillow plus TCM foot bath can obviously ameliorate the sleep quality of elderly patients with sleep disorders, with significant efficacy.
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