The Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Mugwort Leaf Fumigation Therapy on Sleep Quality of Post-Partum Women

Abstract

Background: Mugwort fumigation as a new treatment among post-partum women. The value of mugwort fumigation can be embodied in that fumigation for neurasthenia and can improve sleep quality. The nervous system exercise, regulate the function of autonomic nerves, improve, and through the sleep effect, long-term persistence can return to normal.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the effect of traditional Chinese medicine mugwort leaf fumigation therapy on the quality of sleep among post-partum women.

Methods: The study utilized a Quasi-experimental design as its research design. This study took 40 Chinese post-partum women as the research object. There were 20 participants in the experimental group (mugwort leaf fumigation) and 20 participants in the control group (Routine Fumigation Therapy).

Results: The result shows mean value of PSQI questionnaire results before the intervention was 15.90 in both the control group and the experimental group; this shows that the sleep quality of the post-partum women before the intervention was poor. The mean value of PSQI questionnaire results after the intervention in both routine and experimental groups was 11.90 in the control group, which was 4.00 lower than before the intervention but the sleep quality of post-partum women improved only a little; while the mean value in the experimental group was 9.40, which was 2.5 lower than before the intervention, thus, the score of PSQI questionnaire in the experimental group was lower than that in the control group.

Conclusion: Evidence from this study shows that after the intervention, the scores of PSQI questionnaire in the experimental group were lower than those in the control group, so the experimental group had a better intervention effect than the control group and had a good effect on the improvement of sleep quality in post-partum women.