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ArticleGlobal advances in health and medicine2019

Acupressure and Therapeutic Touch in Childhood Cancer to Promote Subjective and Intersubjective Experiences of Well-being During Curative Treatment.

Hiroe Hu, Deborah Shear, Radhika Thakkar, Ariana Thompson-Lastad, Howard Pinderhughes, Frederick M Hecht, E Anne Lown

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Article in Global advances in health and medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06999759 (Concealment of Chemotherapy Drug Serum With a Picture Box Effect on Anxiety, Nausea and Vomiting in Children), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06999759 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Concealment of Chemotherapy Drug Serum With a Picture Box Effect on Anxiety, Nausea and Vomiting in Children: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorMaltepe UniversityRan2024 to 2025Enrolled70ConditionsNursing Caries, Art TherapyArmscute serum box, coloring book and coloring pencils
3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiroe HuDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1587-2736
Deborah ShearDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Radhika ThakkarDivision of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, & Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Ariana Thompson-LastadOsher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Howard PinderhughesDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Frederick M HechtOsher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
E Anne LownDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7502-4459
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Translational InformaticsP30CA082103 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Kate Taylor Shumate · 1999 to 2026
$209.7M
Training Researchers in Clinical Integrative Medicine (TRIM) - NOSI supplementT32AT003997 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SHELLEY R ADLER, MARIA T CHAO · 2007 to 2026
$6.6M
Mentoring and Research in Integrative MedicineK24AT007827 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HECHT, FREDERICK M · 2013 to 2022
$1.8M
NCCIH NIH HHS K24 AT007827NCCIH NIH HHS T32 AT003997NCI NIH HHS P30 CA082103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAcupressure and therapeutic touch may be beneficial for symptom management and increasing general well-being for children undergoing cancer treatment. Acupressure has the benefit of stimulating targeted acupuncture points while providing therapeutic touch. We sought to explore the relationship between acupressure and the experience of well-being among children being treated for cancer who received acupressure.

methodsIn the Acupressure for Children in Treatment for a Childhood Cancer trial, hospitalized children received acupressure using specified acupressure points for symptom control as well as points for general well-being. Acupressure was delivered by professionals and by caregivers, following training by the professional. Qualitative data were collected through semistructured interviews with a purposive sample of professional acupressure providers (n = 3) and primary caregivers (n = 13), combined with participant observation during the acupressure intervention. Data were analyzed using grounded theory methods.

resultsAnalysis of provider interview, caregiver interview, and participation observation yielded 3 prominent themes: (1) well-being elicited by acupressure, (2) well-being elicited by touch, and (3) well-being experienced as relational and intersubjective. These themes, taken together, illustrate the intricate ways in which an intervention like acupressure can help alleviate the difficulties of a childhood cancer illness experience by promoting well-being in the child as well as the caregiver. Acupressure brought symptom relief, physical relaxation, and comforting touch to the child, allowing the caregiver to also feel relief and relaxation as caregiver-child experience of well-being are closely intertwined.

conclusionsData from the 3 sources provided distinct and overlapping insights suggesting the versatile benefits of acupressure in promoting well-being during childhood cancer treatment. Professional acupressure combined with training of caregivers for childhood cancer may be a relational intervention that facilitates the experience of well-being for both the caregiver and the child.

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acupressurecaregiverchildhood cancerintersubjectiveTraditional Chinese Medicinewell-being

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