Clinical trial NCT05336708: The Effect of Acupressure on Fatigue
Official title: The Effect of Acupressure on Fatigue in Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Interventional
Keywords: Fatigue
Nursing students
Acupressure
Lead sponsor: Mersin University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-04-20
Enrollment: 68
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Prospective, parallel, two-arm, randomized controlled clinical trial
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: In this study, it is aimed to determine the effect of acupressure on fatigue in nursing students.

Detailed description: In this study, 68 nursing students were randomly assigned to the acupressure and placebo (sham) acupressure groups. In the acupressure group (n=34), compression was applied to the 7th point of the heart meridian (HT7), the 4th point of the large intestine meridian (LI4), the 36th point of the stomach meridian (ST36), and the 6th point of the spleen meridian (SP6). Depending on the preparation and compression time at each point, the session duration of each student lasted an average of 20 minutes. In the sham group (n=34), pressure was applied approximately 1-1.5 cm away from the HT7, LI4, ST36, SP6 points. In the sham group, the acupressure application time lasted for an average of 20 minutes. At the end of the application, after the data collection process was completed, the sham group was taught the correct acupuncture points. Students applied acupressure three times a week for a total of 12 sessions for four weeks. Data were collected before and four weeks after the application in the acupressure and sham acupressure groups.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Students studying at Mersin University Faculty of Nursing as 4th grade during the data collection date,
* Those who agree to participate in the study,
* No deformity or lesions in the areas where acupressure will be applied
* No acupressure experience
* No sleep disorder diagnosis and no medical treatment
* No diagnosis of anxiety disorder and no medical treatment No diagnosis of depression and no medical treatment
* Coffee, cigarette and alcohol-free,
* No mental illness,
* Able to understand and speak Turkish and
* Those who signed the Informed Consent Form will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Students studying at Mersin University Faculty of Nursing outside the 4th grade during the data collection date,
* Those who do not agree to participate in the study,
* Those who have any deformity or lesion in the areas where acupressure will be applied
* Experienced with acupressure
* Diagnosed with sleep disorder and receiving medical treatment
* Diagnosed with anxiety disorder and receiving medical treatment
* Diagnosed with depression and receiving medical treatment
* Coffee, cigarette and alcohol addiction,
* Having mental illness,
* who cannot understand or speak Turkish
* Those who do not sign the Informed Consent Form will not be included in the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Fatigue evaluated using the Fatigue Severity Scale
timeFrame: Change from before implementation and 4th week of practice
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Mersin
country: Turkey
facility: Mersin Üniversitesi
state: Yenişehir
Study officials:
affiliation: Mersin Üniversitesi
name: Meral Gün, Doctorate
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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