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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1087</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>AN INTERVENTIONAL TRIAL TO EVALUATE EFFICACY OF NUTOOL THERAPY IN CONTROL OF PRIMARY INSOMNIA AMONG ELDERLY USING INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>J.</surname><given-names>Muhib</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shervani</surname><given-names>Arish M. K.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>J.</surname><given-names>Najeeb</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>F.</surname><given-names>Kouser</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ansari</surname><given-names>A. Nasir</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>J.</surname><given-names>Muneeb</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>19</day><month>10</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>103</fpage><lpage>109</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background and objectives: Insomnia is a unique and complex problem in geriatric population. As many as half of the elderly population between 60 to 79 years of age complain of disturbed sleep, which includes increased sleep latency, decreased quality of sleep, awaking symptoms, excessive daytime sleepiness, mental stress / depression which may result in disturbed intellect, impaired cognition, confusion, psychomotor retardation the whole syndrome of complaints can compromise patient__ampersandsignrsquo;s quality of life and create social and economic burden for caregiver. Considering the wide spread prevalence of insomnia in geriatrics, compounded with lack of wholesome drugs in the treatment, an interventional study was carried out with the objectives to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Nutool therapy in control of geriatric insomnia. Methods: A total of 30 elderly primary insomniacs, diagnosed for primary insomnia by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, were randomly assigned to test and control groups, comprising 15 patients in each group, respectively. In the test group, Nutool was performed with Roghan e Banafsha (500ml) and Roghan e Gul (500ml), both mixed in equal ratio while Nutool was done with liquid paraffin in control group. The therapy was scheduled on alternate days for one month. The change in the severity of insomnia was evaluated on the basis of scores of Insomnia severity index. Statistical analysis was done using student t-test (paired) for comparison in intra group and t-test (unpaired) for inter-group comparison. Results: Nutool therapy showed statistically significant improvement in all the parameters of Insomnia Severity Index, when pre and post interventional values of the parameters were assessed in intra as well as inter group comparisons. Interpretation and conclusion: This intervention proves the efficacy and safety of Nutool therapy in control of insomnia among elderly.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Insomnia</kwd><kwd> geriatrics</kwd><kwd> Nutool therapy</kwd><kwd> Insomnia severity index.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
