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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2026

AKiPal: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Pilot and Feasibility Study of a Nurse-Led Acupressure Intervention in Palliative and Hospice Care on Symptom Burden and Body Awareness.

Melanie Joshi, Mareike Loebberding, Eva Bothe, Lisanne Herzhoff, Julia Schmidtke, Raymond Voltz, Julia Strupp

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Melanie JoshiDepartment of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0130-3348
Mareike LoebberdingDepartment of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-1433-7455
Eva BotheDepartment of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Lisanne HerzhoffDepartment of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Julia SchmidtkeDepartment of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Raymond VoltzDepartment of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Julia StruppDepartment of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3135-2693

Funding

Karl und Veronica Carstens-Stiftung KVC 0/172/2026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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acupressurebody awarenesscomplementary medicinefeasibility studyhospice carepalliative carequalitative researchquantitative researchsymptom burden

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PMID42651262
PMCPMC13512111

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