ArticleAnesthesiology and pain medicine2018
Effect of Acupressure on Pain Severity in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Graft: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Article in Anesthesiology and pain medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04934241 (The Effect of Self-Acupressure on Pain and Sleep in Coronary Artery Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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The Effect of Self-Acupressure on Pain and Sleep in Coronary Artery Patients
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of acupressure on pain intensity and physiological indices in patients undergoing extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: a randomized double-blind sham-controlled clinical trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Trial
- The effect of acupressure on pain level and hemodynamic parameters after coronary angiography: a randomized controlled study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Clinical Applications of Aspirin as a Multi-potent Drug Beyond Cardiovascular Implications: A Proof of Concept for Anesthesiologists- A Narrative Review.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2021Review
- Effect of Acupressure on Pain Severity and Vital Signs in Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.SAGE open nursingReview
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Abstract
backgroundConsidering the contradictory results on the role of complementary therapies in correcting post-operative side effects, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acupressure on pain severity in patients undergoing coronary artery graft admitted to a coronary care unit.
methodsIn this double-blind, randomized, clinical trial, 70 patients were selected randomly after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery based on inclusion criteria and then assigned to two groups (35 in acupressure and 35 in control) randomly by the minimization method. The intervention group received acupressure at the LI4 point for 20 minutes in 10-second pressure and 2-second resting periods. In the control group, only touching was applied without any pressure in the same pattern as the intervention group. Pain severity was measured before, immediately, and 20 minutes after applying pressure and touch in both groups using the visual analogue scale.
resultsThe results of repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed a decrease in the pain score in the intervention group (group effect) during multiple measurements (time effect) and a reduction in the mean pain score in the various measurements taking into account the groups (the interaction between time and group; P = 0.001).
conclusionsAcupressure can be used as a complementary and alternative therapeutic approach to relieve post-operative pain in CABG patients.
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