Conclusion
chemotherapy-associated insomnia, anxiety, breast cancer, insomnia, depression
BREAST CANCER
The active acupuncture regimen produced better outcomes than the sham control in improving sleep onset latency, total sleep time and sleep efficiency in breast cancer women with chemotherapy-associated insomnia, although there was no significant difference in reducing insomnia severity. Active acupuncture had significantly greater effects in improving anxiety, depression and quality of life. Participants of the active acupuncture group showed a markedly higher cessation rate of sleeping medications. Active acupuncture regimen could be considered as an effective option for chemotherapy-associated insomnia and a tapering approach to reduce and even replace use of sleeping medications in breast cancer patients.