Trial reportRevista latino-americana de enfermagem2016
The effects of acupressure on labor pains during child birth: randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in Revista latino-americana de enfermagem, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Unveiling the latest evidence: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis and GRADE assessment on the effectiveness of acupressure in managing labor pain.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Pooled it
- PRECIS-2 analysis of pragmatic acupuncture trials: a systematic review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Pooled it
- Acupuncture or acupressure for pain management during labour.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of auriculotherapy on anxiety during labor: a randomized clinical trial1.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2018Trial
- Research trends of acupressure from 2004 to 2024: A bibliometric and visualization analysis.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Effects of Acupressure on Maternal and Neonatal Obstetric Outcomes during Labor: Study Protocol.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Acupressure on Relieving the Labor Pain.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchReview
- Effect of Spleen 6 Point Acupressure on Severity of Labor Pain, Duration of Labor, and Women's Satisfaction.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveto analyze the effects of acupressure on the sanyinjiao point for pregnant women in labor at public maternity wards.
methodsingle-blind controlled clinical trial, randomly done employing a pragmatic profile. We selected 156 pregnant women in their ≥ 37 week/s, who had cervical dilations of ≥ 4 cm and with two or more contractions in 10 minutes. The pregnant women were randomly divided into three groups at a university hospital in the suburbs of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in order to receive either acupressure treatment, a placebo or participate as part of a control group. The acupressure was applied on the sanyinjiao point during the contractions for 20 minutes. Then the intensity of the pain was evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).
resultsThe averages for the pain measured using the VAS were not different for the three groups that were a part of the study (p-value=0.0929), however they were less in the acupressure groups immediately after receiving the treatment (p-value=<0.0001). This was also the case where the treatment lasted for 1 hour (p-value=0.0001). This was the case in comparison with placebo and control groups.
conclusionthe use of acupressure on the sanyinjiao point is a useful way to alleviate pain in a non-invasive manner. It can improve the quality of care given to pregnant women in labor. Register: RBR-9mhs8r.
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