Transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation improves functional dyspepsia with sleep disturbance via enhanced vagal activity: a randomized controlled trial
Li J, Wang L, Zhang Y, Meng R, Zhu B, Chen JDZ, Dai F
International Journal of Surgery · 2026
Key finding
Auricular vagus nerve stimulation lowered dyspepsia and sleep-quality scores and reduced anxiety/depression versus non-vagal stimulation in functional dyspepsia with sleep disturbance.
- Condition
- Gut Health
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 54
Cite this study
Li, J., Wang, L., Zhang, Y., Meng, R., Zhu, B., Chen, J. D. Z., & Dai, F. (2026). Transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation improves functional dyspepsia with sleep disturbance via enhanced vagal activity: a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Surgery, 112(1), 961-972. https://doi.org/10.1097/js9.0000000000003296
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