The Effectiveness of Acupressure in the Improvement of Dysmenorrhea
| Autor: | Mei-Hua Chuang, 莊美華 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 89 The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of acupressure in the improvement of dysmenorrhea. Sixty Subjects were recruited from two nursing junior colleges in northern and southern Taiwan, by convenience sampling agreed to participated in this study. A quasi-experimental research design was used for this study. Subjects were randomly assigned to a acupressure group and a control group, each group consisted of 30 subjects. The acupressure group received compressure to the acupuncture point, while the control group only received accompany and rest. Treatment given to both groups account for 10 minutes. The short form of McGill pain questionnaire was used for data collection at right before the treatment, immediately after the treatment, one hour after treatment, two hours after treatment, and four hours after treatment. Descriptive analysis and GLM repeated measures were used to analyze the data. The results of the study showed significant differences of sensory of pain,affective of pain, item of total score of pain in intensity of pain between acupressure group and control group. However, there were no significant differences among item of Numerical Rating Scale(NRS) and Present Pain Intensity(PPI) in intensity of pain. The result of this research can be provided as references for nurses in managing of patient’s dysmenorrhea problem, and suggestions are made for further research in this field. Key words：Acupressure, Dysmenorrhea |
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