The Effect of Acupressure on Fatigue

NCT ID: NCT05336708

Last Updated: 2022-04-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 68 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-09-27
• Study Completion Date: 2022-01-31

Brief Summary

In this study, it is aimed to determine the effect of acupressure on fatigue in nursing students.

Detailed Description

In this study, 68 nursing students were randomly assigned to the acupressure and placebo (sham) acupressure groups. In the acupressure group (n=34), compression was applied to the 7th point of the heart meridian (HT7), the 4th point of the large intestine meridian (LI4), the 36th point of the stomach meridian (ST36), and the 6th point of the spleen meridian (SP6). Depending on the preparation and compression time at each point, the session duration of each student lasted an average of 20 minutes. In the sham group (n=34), pressure was applied approximately 1-1.5 cm away from the HT7, LI4, ST36, SP6 points. In the sham group, the acupressure application time lasted for an average of 20 minutes. At the end of the application, after the data collection process was completed, the sham group was taught the correct acupuncture points. Students applied acupressure three times a week for a total of 12 sessions for four weeks. Data were collected before and four weeks after the application in the acupressure and sham acupressure groups.

Conditions

Interventional

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Acupressure group

The acupressure (experimental) group will apply acupressure to themselves three times a week for a total of 12 sessions for four weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Acupressure Group

Intervention Type: OTHER

In the acupressure group, acupressure will be applied to the heart meridian 7th point (HT7), large intestine meridian 4th point (LI4), stomach meridian 36th point (ST36) and spleen meridian 6th point (SP6). After pressing each point for a certain period of time, a total of two minutes of rest periods will be applied by the researcher.

Sham Acupressure Group

The sham acupressure group will apply acupressure to themselves three times a week for a total of 12 sessions for four weeks.

Group Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham Acupressure Group

Intervention Type: OTHER

In the sham acupressure group, acupressure will be applied on the bone region where the meridians do not pass, approximately 1-1.5 cm away from the HT7, LI4, ST36, SP6 points. The application process will continue in the same way with acupressure group and the pressure intensity will be less.

Interventions

Acupressure Group

In the acupressure group, acupressure will be applied to the heart meridian 7th point (HT7), large intestine meridian 4th point (LI4), stomach meridian 36th point (ST36) and spleen meridian 6th point (SP6). After pressing each point for a certain period of time, a total of two minutes of rest periods will be applied by the researcher.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Sham Acupressure Group

In the sham acupressure group, acupressure will be applied on the bone region where the meridians do not pass, approximately 1-1.5 cm away from the HT7, LI4, ST36, SP6 points. The application process will continue in the same way with acupressure group and the pressure intensity will be less.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Experimental Group; Sham Group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Students studying at Mersin University Faculty of Nursing as 4th grade during the data collection date,
• Those who agree to participate in the study,
• No deformity or lesions in the areas where acupressure will be applied
• No acupressure experience
• No sleep disorder diagnosis and no medical treatment
• No diagnosis of anxiety disorder and no medical treatment No diagnosis of depression and no medical treatment
• Coffee, cigarette and alcohol-free,
• No mental illness,
• Able to understand and speak Turkish and
• Those who signed the Informed Consent Form will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Students studying at Mersin University Faculty of Nursing outside the 4th grade during the data collection date,
• Those who do not agree to participate in the study,
• Those who have any deformity or lesion in the areas where acupressure will be applied
• Experienced with acupressure
• Diagnosed with sleep disorder and receiving medical treatment
• Diagnosed with anxiety disorder and receiving medical treatment
• Diagnosed with depression and receiving medical treatment
• Coffee, cigarette and alcohol addiction,
• Having mental illness,
• who cannot understand or speak Turkish
• Those who do not sign the Informed Consent Form will not be included in the study.

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Mersin University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Esra Cavusoglu

Research assistant

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Meral Gün, Doctorate

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Mersin Üniversitesi

Locations

Mersin Üniversitesi

Mersin, Yenişehir, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

MersinUu

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id