efficacy of acupressure on chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting and fatigue
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- leukemia.Lymphoid leukaemia
- Registration Number
- IRCT201104216247N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
no prior experience of acupressure, anticipated survival more than 3 months, no chronic disease.
Exclusion criteria: Patients will excluded if they had low platelet count (<50,000); suffered from a bleeding disorder (e.g. hemophilia).
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ausea/vomiting. Timepoint: 12 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Adapted Rhodes Index of Nausea and Vomiting for Pediatrics by Child (ARINVC).;Fatigue. Timepoint: 24 hours after the intervention (acupressure). Method of measurement: Fatigue Scale Child(FSC).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method