Effect of inducing yang into yin massage on sleep disturbance and negative emotion in puerperae with syndrome of deficiency of heart and spleen after cesarean section

  Objective  To investigate the effect of inducing yang into yin massage on sleep disorder and negative emotions in puerperae with syndrome of deficiency of heart and spleen after cesarean section.

  Methods  A total of 100 women with sleep disorder with deficiency of heart and spleen syndrome who underwent cesarean section in obstetric ward were selected as research objects, and were randomly divided into observation group and control group, with 50 cases in each group. The control group was given routine postpartum psychological nursing, and the observation group was given inducing yang into yin massage based on the control group. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score, TCM syndrome score, Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) score and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) score were compared between the two groups.

  Results  After intervention, the scores of PSQI and TCM syndrome in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group, the SAS and SDS scores were lower than those of the control group (P < 0.05).

  Conclusion  Inducing yang into yin massage can effectively improve the sleep disorder and recieve the negative emotions of cesarean section women with deficiency of heart and spleen.