Trial reportJournal of pain and symptom management2009
Acupressure bands are effective in reducing radiation therapy-related nausea.
Trial report in Journal of pain and symptom management, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and safety of acupressure in nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce acute and late adverse gastrointestinal effects of pelvic radiotherapy for primary pelvic cancers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- A systematic review of methodologies, endpoints, and outcome measures in randomized trials of radiation therapy-induced nausea and vomiting.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017Pooled it
- The efficacy of acupressure for symptom management: a systematic review.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2011Pooled it
- Positive effects of acupressure bands combined with relaxation music/instructions on patients most at risk for chemotherapy-induced nausea.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Trial
- An exploratory study on the effects of an expectancy manipulation on chemotherapy-related nausea.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2010Trial
- Reduced Need for Rescue Antiemetics and Improved Capacity to Eat in Patients Receiving Acupuncture Compared to Patients Receiving Sham Acupuncture or Standard Care during Radiotherapy.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Article
- Complementary therapy use in metropolitan and regional Australian radiotherapy centres; do patients report effective outcomes?Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2016Article
- Antiemetic research: future directions.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2011Article
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Abstract
Previous studies have shown that acupressure bands can reduce chemotherapy-related nausea. Patients' expectations of efficacy account for part of this outcome. We conducted a three-arm randomized clinical trial to investigate the effectiveness of acupressure bands in controlling radiation therapy-induced nausea and to test whether an informational manipulation designed to increase expectation of efficacy would enhance the effectiveness of the acupressure bands. Patients who experienced nausea at prior treatments were randomized to either standard care (Arm 1, n=29) or standard care plus acupressure bands with either neutral (Arm 2, n=30) or positive (Arm 3, n=29) information regarding the efficacy of the bands. Patients reported nausea for two days prior to randomization (baseline) and for five days following using a seven-point semantic rating scale (1=not nauseated to 7=extremely nauseated). Patients in Arms 2 and 3 combined reported greater reduction in average nausea than patients in Arm 1 (P=0.01; mean(bands)=0.70, mean(no bands)=0.10). This equates to a 23.8% decrease in nausea in the band groups compared to a 4.8% decrease in the control group, a 19% difference. The informational manipulation failed to alter efficacy expectations and there was no statistically significant difference in nausea between patients in Arms 2 and 3. Acupressure bands are an effective, low-cost, nonintrusive, well-accepted, and safe adjunct to standard antiemetic medication. An attempt to boost the efficacy of the acupressure bands by providing positive information was not successful.
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