The Effect of Acupressure on Fatigue

Interventional Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Acupressure on Fatigue in Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05336708
• Other study ID #: MersinUu
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 27, 2021
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2022
• Source: Mersin University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In this study, it is aimed to determine the effect of acupressure on fatigue in nursing students.

Description:

In this study, 68 nursing students were randomly assigned to the acupressure and placebo (sham) acupressure groups. In the acupressure group (n=34), compression was applied to the 7th point of the heart meridian (HT7), the 4th point of the large intestine meridian (LI4), the 36th point of the stomach meridian (ST36), and the 6th point of the spleen meridian (SP6). Depending on the preparation and compression time at each point, the session duration of each student lasted an average of 20 minutes. In the sham group (n=34), pressure was applied approximately 1-1.5 cm away from the HT7, LI4, ST36, SP6 points. In the sham group, the acupressure application time lasted for an average of 20 minutes. At the end of the application, after the data collection process was completed, the sham group was taught the correct acupuncture points. Students applied acupressure three times a week for a total of 12 sessions for four weeks. Data were collected before and four weeks after the application in the acupressure and sham acupressure groups.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 68
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students studying at Mersin University Faculty of Nursing as 4th grade during the data collection date,
• Those who agree to participate in the study,
• No deformity or lesions in the areas where acupressure will be applied
• No acupressure experience
• No sleep disorder diagnosis and no medical treatment
• No diagnosis of anxiety disorder and no medical treatment No diagnosis of depression and no medical treatment
• Coffee, cigarette and alcohol-free,
• No mental illness,
• Able to understand and speak Turkish and
• Those who signed the Informed Consent Form will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students studying at Mersin University Faculty of Nursing outside the 4th grade during the data collection date,
• Those who do not agree to participate in the study,
• Those who have any deformity or lesion in the areas where acupressure will be applied
• Experienced with acupressure
• Diagnosed with sleep disorder and receiving medical treatment
• Diagnosed with anxiety disorder and receiving medical treatment
• Diagnosed with depression and receiving medical treatment
• Coffee, cigarette and alcohol addiction,
• Having mental illness,
• who cannot understand or speak Turkish
• Those who do not sign the Informed Consent Form will not be included in the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fatigue
• Interventional

Intervention

Other:
• Acupressure Group
In the acupressure group, acupressure will be applied to the heart meridian 7th point (HT7), large intestine meridian 4th point (LI4), stomach meridian 36th point (ST36) and spleen meridian 6th point (SP6). After pressing each point for a certain period of time, a total of two minutes of rest periods will be applied by the researcher.
• Sham Acupressure Group
In the sham acupressure group, acupressure will be applied on the bone region where the meridians do not pass, approximately 1-1.5 cm away from the HT7, LI4, ST36, SP6 points. The application process will continue in the same way with acupressure group and the pressure intensity will be less.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Mersin Üniversitesi	Mersin	Yenisehir

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mersin University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Fatigue evaluated using the Fatigue Severity Scale	It is a Likert-type scale consisting of a total of nine items, each item being evaluated between 1 and 7 (1=I totally disagree, 7=I totally agree). The fatigue score is obtained by dividing the total score obtained from the scale by the number of scale items. The score that can be obtained from the scale varies between 9 and 63. A high score indicates an increased level of fatigue.	Change from before implementation and 4th week of practice