Effect of acupressure on pain in Iranian leukemia patients

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نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: انگلیسی
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ISMOH17_014

تاریخ نمایه سازی: 10 اردیبهشت 1398

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Introduction: Nonpharmacological methods of pain relief such as acupressure are becomingincreasingly popular worldwide. Practitioners often claim that such methods are highly effectiveand less invasive than analgesic drugs, but available empirical evidence is largely inconclusive.Materials Methods: This study aimed to test the hypothesis that, postacupressure intervention,the amount of pain experienced by sampled leukemia patients, who received acupressure in additionto standard care, will reduce substantially compared to patients who received only routinetreatment. This controlled trial was undertaken with hospitalized leukemia patients betweenFebruary and June 2016. Our primary sample consisted of 100 participants who were randomlyallocated to groups. One (intervention) group underwent 12 acupressure sessions in addition tostandard treatment while the control group received no intervention apart from being given thestandard treatment for leukemia. The visual analogue scale was used to measure the levels of painexperienced.Results: No significant differences were found between the groups across 12 interventions.However, each group reported significantly different pain level changes before and after eachintervention, suggested that the acupressure method was effective in reducing pain in the short term.Conclusion: Nurses are able to apply this complementary therapy alongside other procedures to manage these patients pain. It is recommended that further studies be conducted to betterunderstand the specific conditions under which acupressure can provide effective pain relief.

نویسندگان

Mobin Mohammadinezhad

MSc of nursing Student Research Committee Iran University of Medical Sciences,Tehran Iran

Sharif Nia

Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery Amol,Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.

Pahlevan Sharif

Department of Taylor Business School, Taylor University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.

Yaghoobzadeh

Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran