The Effect of Acupressure on sleep quality of nursing students in internship period
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- sleep disorder.Other sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological conditionF51.8
- Registration Number
- IRCT20120109008665N11
- Lead Sponsor
- Semnan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
nursing student of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
studying in 7th semester of nursing (internship)
no history of neuropsychiatric illness leading to hospitalization or use of psychiatric drugs
no history of sleep disturbances in a recent month
no scars at the Shenmen and placebo point
non-use sleep medication during the past month
no history of acupressure
Exclusion Criteria
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Students engaged in student work
BMI above 35
State and trait anxiety score over 60
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sleep Quality. Timepoint: Baseline, 10, 20 days and end of study (day after the end of intervention). Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method