to compare the efficacy of acupressure wrist bands, ondansetron, metoclopramide and placebo in the prevention of vomiting and nausea after strabismus surgery. two hundred patients, asa physical status i or ii, aged between 10 and 60 years, undergoing strabismus surgery in farabi hospital in 2007-2008 years, were included in this randomized, prospective, double-blind and placebo-controlled study...

Methods Randomised three-group sham-controlled trial. Patients with heterogeneous cancer diagnoses receiving low, moderate and highly emetogenic chemotherapy randomised to receive, in addition to standardised antiemetics, either acupressure wristbands, sham acupressure wristbands or antiemetics alone. Patients were instructed to wear the wristbands for 7 days during each cycle of chemotherapy. ...

Acupuncture points or acupressure points have been popularly used for thousands years for Chinese to cure various illness or pains. The method comes with less or no side effects, comparing the western medicine chemicals. With the new computer information technologies, the ancient Chinese healing tool could be very convenient for us to take care of ourselves at home or work. In this paper, we pr...

BACKGROUND Caregiving can be stressful, potentially creating physical and psychological strain. Substantial evidence has shown that family caregivers suffer from significant health problems arising from the demands of caregiving. Although there are programs supporting caregivers, there is little evidence regarding their effectiveness. Acupressure is an ancient Chinese healing method designed to...

BACKGROUND Nested qualitative studies within clinical trials provide data on patients' experiences of receiving trial interventions and can inform and improve trial designs. The present study explored patients' experiences of participating in a randomised controlled trial of acupressure wristbands for chemotherapy related nausea. METHODS A randomised three-group sham-controlled trial was carr...

abstract background: pain resulting from muscle cramps is one of the most common outcomes of hemodialysis. one of the mechanisms associated with muscle cramps is unnatural muscle metabolism. because acupressure improves muscle metabolism through the releasing of energy, this study was performed with the purpose of determining the impact of acupressure on muscle cramps. materials and methods: th...

background and aim: venipuncture is among the commonest painful invasive procedures performed by nurses. preventing and alleviating children’s pain is of paramount importance. this study was undertaken to evaluate the impacts of acupressure on venipuncture pain among 6–12 year-old hospitalized children.  materials and methods: in this clinical trial, eighty 6–12 year-old children hospitalized i...