Effect of acupressure on nausea,vomiting, pain and vital sign patients with appendectomy surgery.
- Conditions
- Appendicitis.Acute Appendicitis
- Registration Number
- IRCT201112118374N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Kashan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 135
Willing to participate in the research; having no problem in the concerned limbs that interfere acupressure on p6 or le7 points; age between 20 to 60 years; appendectomy surgery is done; general anesthesia have been applied for the surgery.
Exclusion criteria:
Unpredicted complications during surgery; prolongation of the surgery (more than 2 hours); experiencing nausea and vomiting during the previous surgeries; using drugs other than those usual drugs; having a recent history of nausea and vomiting associated with acute or chronic diseases (digestive disorders, ear, and ...); addicted to the drugs or/and alcohol; having cancer, diabetes or known gastrointestinal, renal, hepatic, respiratory, cardiovascular diseases; having problems or infections in the acupressure points; having fever
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ausea. Timepoint: Before closing the bracelet, every one hours for 7 times. Method of measurement: nausea will be measured by visual analog scale.;Vomiting. Timepoint: Before closing the bracelet, every one hours for 7 times. Method of measurement: The number of vomiting.;Pain. Timepoint: Before closing the bracelet, every one hours for 7 times. Method of measurement: Visual analog scale.;Vital sign. Timepoint: Before closing the bracelet, every one hours for 7 times. Method of measurement: Blood pressure will measured by Sphygmomanometer, pulse and breathing by counting in a minute by a hand watch.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method