ArticleWestern journal of nursing research2020
Acupuncture and Acupressure for Dementia Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms: A Scoping Review.
Article in Western journal of nursing research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07779863 (Caregiver-administered Acupressure as Long-term Intervention to Slow the Progression of Early/Mild Alzheimer's Disease With Blood Amyloid and Tau Biomarkers), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Caregiver-administered Acupressure as Long-term Intervention to Slow the Progression of Early/Mild Alzheimer's Disease With Blood Amyloid and Tau Biomarkers: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acupressure intervention for children: A scoping review.Belitung nursing journal · 2025Review
- Spotlight on pro-inflammatory chemokines: regulators of cellular communication in cognitive impairment.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Complementary and Integrative Medicine for Neurocognitive Disorders and Caregiver Health.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- Impacts of acupressure treatment on depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- Acupuncture for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Acupuncture for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: A protocol of systematic review.Medicine · 2021Article
- Acupuncture Can Regulate the Distribution of Lymphocyte Subsets and the Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines in Patients With Mild to Moderate Vascular Dementia.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
Due to the dangers associated with psychotropic medications, there is an urgent need for non-pharmacologic therapies to treat behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Acupuncture and acupressure are safe and well-tolerated non-pharmacologic therapies for this population, but currently no review has explored acutherapy for management of distressing dementia symptoms. This review synthesizes research on acupuncture and acupressure for BPSD. Upon searching five databases, 15 studies met inclusion/exclusion criteria. Nine examined acupressure, six acupuncture, and eight were randomized controlled trials. The percent of studies demonstrating statistically significant improvements in symptoms were: activities of daily living (ADLs; 75%), agitation (100%), anxiety (67%), depression (100%), mood (100%), neuropsychological disturbances (67%), and sleep disturbances (100%). Variations in study design, intervention procedures, and outcomes limit interpretations about effectiveness. It is recommended that further research be done to examine the efficacy of these therapies and promote generalizability.
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