Background and objective
comorbid perimenopausal depression, insomnia, PMD, Gerard A. Kennedy, depressed mood, psychosomatic diseases
Edited by: Pengyue Zhao, The First Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, ChinaReviewed by: Patricia Silveira Martins, Independent Researcher, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Bin Zhang, Southern Medical University, China; Tingting Zhou, Second Military Medical University, ChinaThis article was submitted to Family Medicine and Primary Care, a section of the journal Frontiers in Public Health†ORCID: Fei-Yi Zhao Zhen Zheng Qiang-Qiang Fu Russell Conduit Hong Xu Hui-Ru Wang Yu-Ling Huang Ting Jiang Wen-Jing Zhang Gerard A. Kennedy Whilst acupuncture is widely used for treating psychosomatic diseases, there is little high-quality evidence supporting its application in comorbid perimenopausal depression (PMD) and insomnia (PMI) which are common complaints during climacteric. This feasibility, patient-assessor-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial addresses this gap by investigating the efficacy and safety of acupuncture on depressed mood and poor sleep in women with comorbid PMD and PMI.