effect ear acupressure on pain, anxiety and nausea in patients candidate for appendectomy
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Appendicitis.Acute appendicitis, other and unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014010416049N1
- Lead Sponsor
- chancellor for research, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 72
Inclusion Criteria
1- Confirmed appendicitis diagnosed by a surgeon
2- The patient is not candidate for emergency appendectomy
3- Patient's consent to participate in this study
4- Without any complications and other medical problems that cause pain, anxiety and nausea
5- Lack of lesion or rash at the site of ear acupressure exercise
6- Consciousness and the ability to report symptoms
7- Not taking pain relief
Exclusion criteria:
1- Unwillingness to continue cooperation
2- The clinical condition of the patient that any intervention would be impossible
3- taking pain relief during the intervention period
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety. Timepoint: Immediately before, after and half an hour after the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual anxiety scale.;Pain. Timepoint: Immediately before, after and half an hour after the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual analog scale.;Severity of nausea. Timepoint: Immediately before, after and half an hour after the intervention. Method of measurement: Measure of visual simulation for nausea.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method