Self-Acupressure on Pain, Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Sleep Disorder

Treatments: Other: Self-Acupressure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05453422

8990

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Self-acupressure application on pain, fatigue and sleep quality in sle 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: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being over the age of 18,
• Not using acupressure and similar integrative treatment methods,
• Not having a verbal communication disability (hearing and speaking),
• Not having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder,
• Not having a cognitive problem,
• Getting a score between 1-10 on the Piper Fatigue Scale,
• Getting a score between 1-10 on the VAS pain scale
• Agree to participate in the research.
• Not being in the active period of SLE (exacerbation in the last 3 months or not using steroids for 3 months)
• Not using other complementary and integrated health practices in the treatment process

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 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.