Efficacy of Cannabis Oil (Deja’s Formula) on Out-Patients’ Sleep Quality and Quality of Life at Hang Ga Rok Clinic : Phra Arjarn Phan Arjaro Hospital, Sakhon Nakhon Province

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of sleep and quality of life of Ganja oil (Deja’s formula) treatment among out-patient at Hang-Ga-Rok Clinic, Phra Arjan Phan Arjaro Hospital. The retrospective observational study was conducted in out-patients with insomnia who were diagnosed by physician and Thai traditional medicine and were determined to receive the treatment of cannabis oil. The patients were prescribed with dosage of 3 drops by oral once a day at bedtime for 3 months. The samples were selected using purposive sampling method and included 200 patients who visited the clinic from February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021. Assessment of the medication’s efficacy was done using EQ-5D-5L questionnaire for quality of life and Thai version of the Pittsburgh sleep quality index : T-PSQI questionnaire for quality of sleep. The efficacy was evaluated by comparing the results between before and after the patients being treated with cannabis oil for 3 months. Among the 200 patients, 82 percent were females. Their average age was 51.34±3.09 years old. The result of quality of life from the data collected by EQ-5D-5L questionnaire showed that the utility measurement before the intervention was 0.80±0.19 and after the 3-month intervention was 0.86±0.16; with the average utility measurement increased significantly (p<0.05). The average of quality of sleep scores comparing between before and after the treatment of cannabis oil decreased significantly from 14.07±1.87 to 7.35±1.90. The result of this study showed that treating the patients with cannabis oil was able to improve patient’s quality of life and quality of sleep and the cannabis oil should be considered as an alternative treatment.