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Fateme Zeynali; Abdolghader Assarroudi; Hamid Reza Bahrami; Raziye Houshmand
Volume 24, Issue 5 , September and October 2018, , Pages 299-304
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Effect of neiguan point acupressure on anxiety in patients are candidates for inguinal herniorrhaphy AbstractBackground: Anxiety is common and distressing symptoms that patients experience before surgery. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of ear acupressure on anxiety in appendectomy ...
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Effect of neiguan point acupressure on anxiety in patients are candidates for inguinal herniorrhaphy AbstractBackground: Anxiety is common and distressing symptoms that patients experience before surgery. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of ear acupressure on anxiety in appendectomy candidate patients.Materials and methods: This is a one-blinded randomized control trial study including 88 patients divided in 2 groups who were scheduled to appendectomy surgery in sabzevar hospitals. Participants were selected using convenience sampling method and randomly divided into two groups: intervention and sham. The intervention patients which received acupressure bracelet with real button at the neiguan (PC6) point and sham group which received acupressure bracelet without button at the neiguan (PC6) point for 5 minutes. The data were analyzed by SPSS software (20 V) and SAS (9.2 V), descriptive and Inferential statistics were used. P-values less than 0.05 were considered significant.Results: Based on the results of study, applying acupressure significantly reduce the severity of anxiety in the intervention groups compare with sham group.Conclusion: acupressure at the neiguan (PC6) point can decrease severity of anxiety in appendectomy candidate patients
Maryam Moradi; Hoda Azizi; Seyyed Ehsan Saffari; Mohsen Koushan
Volume 22, Issue 5 , November and December 2015, , Pages 765-772
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Background: Patients with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis are affected by psychological stresses, besides many physiological changes. Nowadays, complementary medicine is one of the methods to control these stresses. This study aimed to investigate the effect of acupressure on anxiety ...
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Background: Patients with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis are affected by psychological stresses, besides many physiological changes. Nowadays, complementary medicine is one of the methods to control these stresses. This study aimed to investigate the effect of acupressure on anxiety in patients with hemodialysis in TorbatHeidarie city. Methods and Materials: This is a randomized clinical trial with control group. 81 patients with hemodialysis were recruited into acupressure at true points group (27 patients), acupressure at false points group (27 patients), and control group (27 patients) using permutation block in NohomDey educational hospital and Dialysis Clinic of TorbatHeidarie city in 2014. Anxiety of patients of all groups was measured using Spielberger anxiety questionnaire before intervention and from the end of first week till the end of fourth week after intervention. The acupressure at true points group received the acupressure on the true points applied two times a week for four weeks. The acupressure at false points group received the acupressure on 2-3cm far from the true points. Statistical analysis was performed using Kruskal Wallis and Friedman tests with SPSS version 16 at 0.05 significance level. Results: The acupressure at true points group and acupressure at false points group had significantly different mean levels of apparent and hidden anxiety at “before intervention” stage and “first to fourth week” (p=0.005, p=0.027). The average level of apparent anxiety of “before intervention” and “first-fourth week” was statistically significantly different at acupressure at false points group, but the hidden anxiety was not different at this scenario. The average level of apparent and hidden anxiety of “before intervention” and “first-fourth week” was not statistically significantly different in control group. Conclusion: Findings from this study indicates that the acupressure therapy at true points is able to reduce apparent and hidden anxiety of patients with hemodialysis.