Acupressure and sleep quality in women with multiple sclerosis (MS)

Early Phase 1

Conditions: multiple sclerosis.
Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system
G35, H48.1

Registration Number: IRCT201204256247N5

Lead Sponsor: Vice chancellor for research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria consisted of: The age between 20-50 years old, The sleep quality score should be 5 or more (with any medication), six months past from diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis in women, No presence of scars, scratches and deformity in the area of the point of Shen-men for the experimental or placebo groups, Ability for reading and writing (literate), No previous experiences of acupressure in the participants, No history of mental illnesses, physical diseases such as depression, insulin-dependent diabetes, heart failure or chronic pain in the women, and the EDSS score should be between 1- 4.5.
Exclusion criteria: Lack of willingness to continue participation in the trial for any reason, Patients who do acupressure in the Shen-men point do not have warmth, heaviness, swelling, and numbness with any reason, Patients with more than 3 nights, do not perform the intervention, Patients during the intervention process have serious known physical and psychological disorders.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of sleep. Timepoint: Before the beginning of the intervention and one month after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures