Self Acupressure on Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Epilepsy Patients

Ataturk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Epilepsy

Treatments: Other: Self-Acupressure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05552924

2022/ 04 - 34

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Self-acupressure application on fatigue and sleep quality in epilepsy patients.

Full description

Acupressure is a therapy method performed with an instrument or hand, fingertip, palm, elbow, knee, thumb relaxation and wrist bands on various points representing the waist organs in our body in order to ensure the continuation and balance of the energy in our body.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being over 18 years old
• Volunteering to participate in the research
• Having the ability to use technological tools
• Not having a verbal communication disability (hearing and speaking)
• Not having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder
• Having a scale score of >5 on the Piper Fatigue Scale
• A score of >5 on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Self-Acupressure

Experimental group

Description:

Each application to the acupressure points (H17, L14, ST36, SP6) will be done in 2 minutes and right and left)

Treatment:

Other: Self-Acupressure

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine maintenance will be applied.