Auricular Acupressure in Patients with Hypertension and Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of included studies.

Author, year	Participants	No. (T/C)	Main acupoints	Intervention time (days)	Control type	Outcome measures
Shang, 2015	Middle aged and elderly patients with hypertension and insomnia	148/150	Jiangyagou, Shenmen, heart, endocrine, Jiaogan, and Pizhixia	28	I	①②③
Lin, 2018	Young and middle-aged patients with hypertension and insomnia	25/25	Heart, kidney, and liver	6	II	①⑥
Zhang, 2018	Patients with hypertension and insomnia	36/36	Jiangyagou, Shenmen, heart, brain, kidney, liver, and spleen	18	II	⑤
Zhang, 2019	Patients with hypertension and insomnia	43/43	Jiangyagou, Shenmen, Sanjiao, Jiaogan, and Pizhixia	15	II	②③⑦
Gao, 2015	Patients with hypertension and insomnia	30/30	Heart, kidney, brain, Shenmen, and Jiangyagou	15	I	⑦
Wang, 2018	Patients with grades 1 and 2 hypertension and insomnia	40/40	Liver, kidney, Jiaogan, Shenmen, heart, and Jiangyagou	28	I	①②③
Wang, 2016	Patients with grade 1 hypertension and insomnia	30/30	Pizhixia, Jiaogan, Shenmen, and Jiangyagou	14	II	①②③⑥
Zhu, 2017	Patients with hypertension and insomnia	72/72	Jiaogan, Shenmen, Jiangyagou, heart, liver, and kidney	28	I	①②③
Li, 2017	Patients with grades 1 and 2 hypertension and insomnia	32/33	Jiaogan, Shenmen, Pizhixia, heart, and liver	14	I	①②③
Xiao, 2014	Patients with hypertension and insomnia	25/25	Jiaogan, Shenmen, Pizhixia, heart, and endocrine	15	III	②③④
Liu, 2018	Patients with hypertension and insomnia	60/60	Heart, Jiaogan, Shenmen, and Jiangyagou	10	I	①
Qian, 2019	Elderly patients with hypertension and insomnia	30/30	Spleen, liver, Shenmen, heart	14	II	①
Liu, 2019	Elderly patients with hypertension and insomnia	30/30	Heart, Jiaogan, Shenmen, endocrine, Chuiqian, and minor points	10	I	⑤
Ruan, 2019	Patients with hypertension and insomnia	38/38	Heart, liver, kidney, spleen, Jiangyagou	30	II	①②③
Bao, 2019	Patients with hypertension and insomnia	52/52	Heart, liver, kidney, spleen, and Jiangyagou	Unclear	I	①②③
Zhang, 2016	Patients with hypertension and insomnia	40/40	Heart, liver, kidney, spleen, and Jiangyagou	25	III	②③④
Qiao, 2014	Patients with grade 1 hypertension and insomnia	30/30	Liver, kidney, Pizhixia, Jiangyagou, endocrine, and Shenmen	15	II	⑧④
Zhang, 2019	Patients with hypertension and insomnia	80/80	Jiaogan, Shenmen, Jiangyagou, and heart	15	II	⑥

①: PSQI; ②: SBP; ③: DBP; ④: the diagnostic and therapeutic criteria for TCM syndromes; ⑤: Self-Made Sleep Status Self-Assessment Scale; ⑥: guidelines for TCM (new drug) clinical research; ⑦: Sleep Status Self-Assessment Scale. I: routine nursing; II: conventional Western medicine; III: no intervention.