Is Acupressure Effective To Treat Pruritus In Hemodialysis Patients? A Literatur Review

Aims: Chronic kidney diseases effects make the pruritus prevalence in hemodialysis patients relatively high. Several studies have been conducted to determine effect of acupressure on complaints uremic pruritus. However, it is still debatable how relief complains regarding duration acupressure. This study aims identify effectiveness against based previous studies. Materials and Methods: An electronic literature search was that matched inclusion criteria. The databases used this research are Wiley online library, Clinical key, ProQuest, EBSCO, Google Scholar. keyword “acupressure”, “pruritus”, “itch”, “hemodialysis”. Results: We found 1,983 articles keywords, five met criteria after conducting article selection process. Three four experimental measured using a visual analog scale, one numerical scale. One applied auricular acupressure, Four shown effectively reduces scale showed no significant difference between sham control, negative control groups two weeks intervention severity (p=0.66). Conclusion: Acupressure effective treating nurse can as non-pharmacological for patients.