The effect of acupressure on sleep quality
- Conditions
- sleep quality.Sleep disorder, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013100614910N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Mashhad University of Medical Science
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 105
Inclusion criteria :spending at least 12 months after amenorrhea or Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) serum level = 40(1 year menopause); healthy of the pressure points, having a full conscious and also having an acceptable ability of listening and speaking to receive training and doing the self- care techniques at home; no having mental and physical disorders; getting a score higher than 5 from the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) ; able to sit for about 30 minutes.
Exclusion criteria: having emotional stress during the last 6 months ; having specific eating diets; addicted to narcotic drugs; using the drugs causing sleep disorders; suffering from special disease; taking hormonal drugs during 3 last months; using herbal medicine to improve the menopausal symptoms; body mass index (BMI) higher than 30; having the moderate and severe depression based on Beck Depression Inventory; feeling of severe fatigue and anxiety; having circular job specially night job; lack of cooperation with researchers
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sleep quality in menopausal women. Timepoint: before & after interveantion. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method