The effect of acupressure on headache
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Headache due to spinal anesthesia.Spinal and epidural anaesthesia-induced headache during the puerperium
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015071423159N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
Suffering from headache after receiving spinal anesthesia; Pregnant women who have undergone elective caesarean; The lack of susceptibility to migraine or any other chronic headaches before cesarean based on patient's report; Non-suffering from seizures based on patient's report and records; Patient ability for verbal communication
Exclusion criteria: Patient intolerance for headache during intervention and demand for drugs; The nausea and vomiting or other complications in patients due to severe headache; Non- suffering from headache between six to eighteen hours after receiving spinal anesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of headache. Timepoint: Before and 5 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain severity difference before and after intervention. Timepoint: 10 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.