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Filter by:This research was conducted to determine the effect of acupressure applied to patients after bariatric surgery on gastrointestinal distress, pain and anxiety. The data of the study was collected at Aktif Private Kocaeli Hospital General Surgery Clinic between January 2022 and February 2023. The study was conducted with 90 (30 control, 30 intervention and 30 placebo) patients who underwent bariatric surgery. As a result of the research, application to ST25 and CV12 acupressure areas after bariatric surgery increased gas and stool output. It reduced abdominal distension. This enabled patients to start oral intake early. Application to the SP6 area reduced abdominal pain. Acupressure applied to the LI4 area was not effective in reducing nausea and vomiting. Massage to the HT7 acupressure area alone was not sufficient to relieve anxiety.
This is a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled and single-blind study planned to determine the effect of acupressure application on menopausal symptoms. The hypothesis of the study is that acupressure reduces women's menopausal symptoms.
To explore the intervention effect of auricular point sticking on chemotherapy-induced taste alterations in cancer patients, and analyze its relationship with quality of life, nutritional status and psychology of patients.
This randomized controlled study evaluates the effect of acupressure application on the pain level patients after angioography. The hypothesis of this study is that acupressure reduces pain levels and stabilizes hemodynamic variables.
This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of levels of pain and fatigue of acupressure and Reiki application on cancer patients receiving palliative care. The research was a single-blind, repeated measures, randomized controlled study. Research data were collected between February and July 2022. The research sample consisted of acupressure and Reiki application groups and a control group with 52 patients in each group, a total of 156 patients. Data was collected by means of a Patient Description Form, an Analgesic Follow-up Form, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status Scale, the Numeric Pain Rating Scale, and the Brief Fatigue Inventory.
The study aims to investigate the effects of two non-invasive acupuncture methodologies applied to three selected acupoints on the sleep quality of older adults with insomnia. The investigators invite participants to participate in the study (12 treatments [3 times/week, 4 weeks in total], 3 tests), which will take about 2 months in total. Participants will be randomly allocated to three independent groups, i.e., a placebo group or one of two treatment groups, viz., a transcutaneous electrical nerve-stimulation group (Acu-TENS) or an acupressure group. The Acu-TENS group will receive Acu-TENS + a sleep hygiene program (SHP). The acupressure group will receive acupressure + SHP. The placebo group will receive a placebo stimulation+ SHP. Each group will have a 4-week treatment comprising thrice-weekly 30-min sessions of treatment. For Acu-TENS, electrodes will be attached to participants' sleep-related acupoints for 30 minutes. For acupressure, the investigators will guide participants to apply pressure to each sleep-related acupoint for 5 minutes, for a total of 30 minutes. The process of Sham Acu-TENS stimulation will be the same as Acu-TENS, but the instrument model is different. SHP is a training course in which the investigators will guide participants on how to improve participants' sleep quality by adjusting participants' lifestyle. The sleep quality (survey and actigraphy), insomnia index, heart rate variability, level of fatigue (survey), mood (survey) and quality of life (survey) will be measured at the baseline assessment (before the treatment), post-treatment assessment (after the four weeks treatment) and follow-up assessment (two weeks after the treatment ended). The investigators will give participants a watch to wear for one week during sleep measurement and then please return it. The watch will record participants' sleep data. For the heart rate variability measurement, participants will need to wear a heart rate monitor in the lab for a short period. After the trials, Participants will have the opportunity to know participants' level of sleep quality and some mental conditions (i.e., mood, fatigue, quality of life). Participants may experience mild skin irritation during treatment. If participants feel uncomfortable, please inform the researcher to reduce the irritation to a relatively comfortable level.
Enema application to pregnant women and prohibition of oral feeding before cesarean section, general anesthesia applied during cesarean section, pain in the post-cesarean period, limitation of movement, insufficient fluid intake, low-fiber diet, hospital environment and drugs such as narcotics cause constipation. In addition, one of the most common complications after abdominal surgeries is postoperative ileus. Many noninvasive applications help to overcome this problem. This study was planned as a randomized controlled trial to examine the effect of acupressure on bowel functions after cesarean section. The research will be carried out between July 2021 and July 2022 at the Samsun Training and Research Hospital Gynecology and Pediatrics Hospital affiliated to the Samsun Provincial Health Directorate. The research will be carried out with two groups as acupressure and control group. The sample number was calculated using the G*Power 3.1.9.2 program and the acupressure group: 26 and the control group: 26. In order to increase the analysis power, the number of people for each group was taken as 30 (n=60). It is planned to collect the data with the Postpartum Information Form. After the women in the acupressure group come to the service, 2 applications will be made in the first postpartum hour and 3 hours after the first application, and no application will be made to the control group. Intestinal sounds will be monitored every hour until the first bowel sounds are heard, and the "Postpartum Registration Form" given to the woman will be received and recorded at the post-op 24th hour. The data of the research will be evaluated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 22.0 program. In the evaluation of the data; descriptive statistics percentage, arithmetic mean±standard deviation, median and minimum-maximum values will be given. Student t test, ANOVA test will be used for those with normal distribution, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests for those who are not. Type 1 error level will be taken as 0.05. Pearson Correlation test will be applied to determine the relationship between the intestinal functions of the experimental group and the tests. Statistical significance level will be accepted as p<0.05
In this study was aimed that acupressure applied on the BL32 point and shower application reduced the intensity of labor pain experienced by the pregnant women in the active phase of labor and increased their postpartum comfort
Painful menstrual bleeding, also known as dysmenorrhea, is one of the common gynecological ailments that have health, social, and economic implications. Dysmenorrhea has psychological effects as well as its physiological effects on women. While it negatively affects the quality of daily life and performance of women, it also causes loss in work and school life. Acupressure application has a soothing, psychological and analgesic effect. Acupressure application is also effective in reducing labor pain, low back pain, dysmenorrhea, head, neck and shoulder pain. It is thought that acupressin used in combination with pharmacological methods may be effective in relieving pain or decreasing its severity, the rate of analgesic use may be reduced, therefore analgesic side effects may be less and the patient's quality of life will increase. positively affected. It is an important part of midwifery care in terms of its application areas and benefits. As it is an effective method, it is recommended to be used in the midwifery field in the literature, it is taught and applicable, does not require medical equipment, equipment and cost. There are no studies in the literature in which non-pharmacological methods of acupressure and massage are used in primary dysmenorrhea. It is among the duties, powers and responsibilities of midwives to comfort their patients with non-invasive interventional practice. Based on these, it is thought that the use of acupressure and massage in primary dysmenorrhea is necessary to examine the level of pain, menstrual symptoms and their effects on quality of life. The type of the study was planned as a randomized controlled pre-test-post-test study. The population of the study will be students who study at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University Faculty of Education, have dysmenorrhea and meet the study criteria. In the power analysis used to determine the sample size, 5% error level and 90% power were determined as a minimum of 89 people for each group. The data of the study will be collected between December and May 2020 with the Personal Information Form in which socio-demographic characteristics are questioned, the Visual Analogue Scale for the assessment of dysmenorrhea pain, the Daily Menstrual Symptom Assessment Scale, and the Short Form of the Quality of Life Scale. (SF-12). Students who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomly selected for the experimental and control groups.
Primary dysmenorrhea is a common problem in women. Women use many treatment methods to deal with primary dysmenorrhea. Therefore, this study aims to find the most effective treatment by determining the effectiveness of conservative and non-conservative treatment in women with primary dysmenorrhea. Another aim of the study is to generalize the use of conservative treatment methods in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.On the other hand, it aims to spread the telerehabilitation method, which allows the global Covid 19 outbreak to be maintained remotely online, in the world and in our country.