Effects of auricular acupressure on depression and anxiety in older adult residents of long-term care institutions: A randomized clinical trial
| Autor: | Yen-Ting Tseng, Pi-Chu Lin, Pi-Hsia Lee, I-Hui Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Auricular acupressure Anxiety law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Medicine Humans Single-Blind Method 030212 general & internal medicine Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged business.industry Depression Acupressure Long-Term Care Clinical trial Long-term care Physical therapy Geriatric Depression Scale medicine.symptom business Gerontology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.). 42(1) |
| ISSN: | 1528-3984 |
| Popis: | The current study was a single-blind clinical trial that evaluated the effect of auricular acupressure on older adults' depression and anxiety. Forty-seven older adults in long-term care institutions were randomly divided into two groups using block randomization. In the experimental group, patches with magnetic beads were pasted onto the auricular Shenmen acupoints for 14 days. In the control group, blank patches were used. Among the older adults in the study institutions, 82.09% scored ≥5 points on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Significant differences in GDS scores were observed between the two groups after both 7 and 14 days of treatment (p 0.05). There was no significant difference (p 0.05) in anxiety scores between the two groups at 7 days, but there was a significant difference after 14 days of the intervention (p 0.05). Our results suggest that acupressure can reduce depression and anxiety among older adults in long-term care institutions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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