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睡眠管理中针灸/指压疗法的执行或患者自我指压的监督:从针灸师向护士的任务转移是否可行?

 

Authors Zhao FY , Zhang WJ, Chow CM , Lee YX , Xu P, Ho YS, Fu QQ , Conduit R 

Received 8 August 2025

Accepted for publication 27 October 2025

Published 7 November 2025 Volume 2025:17 Pages 2887—2900

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S556267

Checked for plagiarism Yes

Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 3

Editor who approved publication: Professor Valentina Alfonsi

Fei-Yi Zhao,1– 4,* Wen-Jing Zhang,4,* Chin Moi Chow,3,5,* Yuan Xin Lee,4 Peijie Xu,6 Yuen-Shan Ho,7 Qiang-Qiang Fu,8 Russell Conduit2 

1Department of Nursing, School of International Medical Technology, Shanghai Sanda University, Shanghai, 201209, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia; 3Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia; 4Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200071, People’s Republic of China; 5Sleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia; 6School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia; 7School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China; 8Yangpu Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200090, People’s Republic of China

*These authors contributed equally to this work

Correspondence: Yuen-Shan Ho, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China, Tel +852 2766-6410, Fax +852 2364-9663, Email janice.ys.ho@polyu.edu.hk Qiang-Qiang Fu, Yangpu Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200090, People’s Republic of China, Tel + 86 021-6569 0520, Fax + 86 021-6569 6249, Email qiangqiang.fu@tongji.edu.cn

Abstract: Acupuncture and acupressure are widely used for managing self-reported impaired sleep quality and duration. However, outside East Asia, access is often limited due to a shortage of trained acupuncturists and minimal reimbursement under national health insurance systems, leading to treatment discontinuation or inaccessibility driven by “Financial Toxicity.” This prompts a critical yet underexplored inquiry: can advanced practice nurses serve as alternative providers to deliver acupuncture/acupressure for managing these common sleep complaints, thereby improving accessibility, expanding treatment coverage, and lowering consultation costs? This comprehensive mini-review synthesizes current evidence to assess the feasibility of this promising and innovative acupuncturist-nurse task-shifting paradigm and outlines key preparatory steps for its pilot implementation.

Keywords: traditional chinese medicine, TCM nursing, sleep disorder, sleep disturbance, insomnia, complementary and alternative medicine