ArticleIranian Red Crescent medical journal2013
Acupressure and ginger to relieve nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: a randomized study.
Article in Iranian Red Crescent medical journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05302128 (The Effect of Cold Vapor on Nausea and Vomiting in the Early Postoperative Period After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of Cold Vapor on Nausea and Vomiting in the Early Postoperative Period After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
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- Pooled it
- 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
- Effect of acustimulation on nausea and vomiting and on hyperemesis in pregnancy: a systematic review of Western and Chinese literature.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Interventions for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- How Safe Is Ginger Rhizome for Decreasing Nausea and Vomiting in Women during Early Pregnancy?Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- Combining and Using the Utrecht Method and the Analytic Hierarchy Process to Facilitate Professional and Ethical Deliberation and Decision Making in Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Case Study among a Panel of Stakeholders.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
- Effects of Complementary Medicine on Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.International journal of preventive medicine · 2018Review
- Comparison Between Effects of Acupuncture and Metoclopramide on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Gynaecological Laparoscopy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2017Article
- Which potential harms and benefits of using ginger in the management of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy should be addressed? a consensual study among pregnant women and gynecologists.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Article
- Contemporary acupressure therapy: Adroit cure for painless recovery of therapeutic ailments.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2017Review
- Complementary and alternative medicine in midwifery.Nursing and midwifery studies · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundNausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) is the most common medical condition of pregnancy, affecting up to 85% of expecting mothers. NVP can have serious adverse effects on the quality of a woman's life, social, and domestic functioning, and her general well-being. Therefore, it is very important to treat this condition.
objectivesThe effectiveness of ginger and acupressure in the treatment of NVP was compared in the present study. PATIENTS AND
methods159 eligible pregnant women with symptoms of mild to moderate nausea and/or vomiting before 16 weeks gestational age participated in a 7-day clinical trial. They were divided randomly into three groups: the acupressure, ginger, and control. Participants did not receive any intervention for three days and interventions were performed for the women in acupressure and ginger groups for four days. No intervention was performed for the control group. Data was collected by self-recorded symptoms according to the Rhodes index. Data was analyzed by ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis, Chi-square, and Fisher exact tests for quantitative and qualitative variables.
resultsThere were no statistical differences in the baseline demographics between the three groups. ANOVA test showed that there were significantly differences in mean difference Rhodes index scores (vomiting, nausea, retching and total score) in the three groups (P < 0.001).
conclusionsGinger is more effective than acupressure to relieve mild to moderate nausea and vomiting in symptomatic pregnant women in less than 16 weeks of gestational age.
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