Effect of acupressure on anxiety, nausea, vomiting and pai

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Condition 1: Anxiety. Condition 2: Pain. Condition 3: Nausea and vomiting.
Anxiety disorder due to known physiological condition
Other acute postprocedural pain
Nausea and vomiting
G89.18

Registration Number: IRCT20171015036784N3

Lead Sponsor: Fasa University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Having Iranian nationality
Having no specific problem at the site of acupressure (no wounds, burns, cysts, abscess)
No use of sedatives, analgesics or anxiety drugs before surgery.
Being alert before surgery.
No an emergency condition before surgery.
No history of mental illness.
No history of using acupressure before surgery
No history of drug or alcohol addiction.
Not having physical problems (vision, hearing, mental)
No previous history of nausea and vomiting after surgery
No receive analgesic and anti-nausea medicine after surgery.
Having an age range of 18 to 45 years
Use of general anesthesia during surgery

Exclusion Criteria

The patient's unwillingness to continue cooperation in research
Cancellation of the patient's cesarean section during the study or occurrence of any problem during the study (chest pain and shortness of breath)
Using anti-nausea and vomiting drugs after surgery
Spinal anesthesia
History of liver disease

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduce anxiety. Timepoint: One hour before transfer to the operating room, and immediately after the intervention. Method of measurement: Spielberger's Standard Spell Checker Questionnaire (measurement of anxiety will be low to high).;Reduce pain. Timepoint: The first turn of the acupressure is one hour after the surgery and the second intervention is also three hours after the first intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.;Reduce nausea and vomiting. Timepoint: The first turn of the acupressure is one hour after the surgery and the second intervention is also three hours after the first intervention.The intervention period will be ten minutes at two st-36, li-4 points. Method of measurement: A questionnaire for assessing nausea and vomiting is a Rhodes index.

Secondary Outcome Measures