Acupressure in Hospitalized Patients

Stony Brook University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acupressure

Treatments: Other: sham; Other: control; Other: acupressure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02762435

867005-3

Details and patient eligibility

About

After written informed consent eligible hospitalized patients will be randomized to one of 3 arms (1:1:1:): control, sham, accupressure (3 points on the hand and wrist three times per day). Quality of recovery and other measures of patient satisfaction will be recorded.

Full description

After written informed consent eligible hospitalized patients will be randomized to one of 3 arms (1:1:1:): control (no touch), sham (light touch), acupressure (2 minutes moderate pressure each at PC6, LI4, and HT7 three times per day). Quality of recovery using the validated Quality of Recovery (QOR) 15 score and other measures of patient satisfaction (nausea score, pain score) will be recorded at baseline and after their 6 study sessions.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. adults
2. patients at Stony Brook hospital
3. expected to be hospitalized for at least 3 days
4. able to sign informed consent and participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

1. Under 18 years of age
2. Do not have access to the 3 points on the hand and wrist due to skin breakdown, ulcers, cellulitis, broken bone, indwelling catheter within 5 cm radius of the pressure points.
3. Significant dementia or altered mental status that would prevent assessment of the QOR survey
4. Allergic reaction to ink
5. Stroke or other neurologic condition which precludes sensation in both upper extremities.
6. Ongoing use of regional anesthetic technique
7. Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

No pressure applied to the 3 points

Treatment:

Other: control

sham

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Light touch applied to the 3 points (2 minutes each at PC6, LI4, and HT7, three times per day for 2 days)

Treatment:

Other: sham

acupressure

Experimental group

Description:

Moderate pressure applied to the 3 points (2 minutes each at PC6, LI4, and HT7, three times per day for 2 days)

Treatment:

Other: acupressure