Clinical trial NCT04923061: The Effect of Acupressure on the Sleep Quality and Fatigue
Official title: The Effect of Acupressure on Sleep Quality and Fatigue in Nurses Working in Internal Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic Process: A Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sleep
Fatigue
Keywords: Acupressure
Sham acupressure
Nurse
Sleep quality
Fatigue
Lead sponsor: Mersin University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-06-11
Enrollment: 68
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: 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: This research aims to determine the effect of acupressure applied to nurses actively working in internal clinics on sleep quality and fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic process. This research hypothesizes that acupressure improves sleep quality and reduces fatigue.

Detailed description: In this study, 68 nurses working in internal clinics were randomly assigned to acupressure and placebo (sham) acupressure groups. In the acupressure group (n=34), the heart meridian 7th point (HT7), large intestine meridian 4th point (LI4), stomach meridian 36th point (ST36) and spleen meridian 6th point (SP6) will be applied to a total of four points. Depending on the preparation and compression time on each point, the session duration of each nurse will be 20 minutes on average. In the sham group (n=34), pressure will be made approximately 1-1.5 cm away from the HT7, LI4, ST36, SP6 points. In the Sham group, the acupressure application time will take 20 minutes on average. Reminder text messages (SMS) will be sent before the application on the days when the nurses will practice, so that they continue to do the application regularly. At the end of the application, after the data collection process is completed, the sham group will be taught the correct acupressure points. Nurses will apply acupressure three times a week for a total of 12 sessions for four weeks. The primary outcome of the research is the effect of acupressure on the sleep quality of nurses. The secondary outcome of the study is to determine the effect of acupressure on fatigue. The outcomes will be collected before and four weeks after the acupressure and sham acupressure administration.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Nurses who care for COVID 19 patients during the pandemic process

Nurses working in internal clinics during the data collection process

Those who have recovered from COVID 19

Those who agreed 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

Not diagnosed with anxiety disorder and not receiving medical treatment

Not diagnosed with depression and not receiving medical treatment

Coffee, cigarette and alcohol free

No mental disorder

Night shift workers

Those who can understand and speak Turkish

Those who signed the Informed Consent Form

Exclusion Criteria:

Nurses who did not work in internal clinics during the data collection process

Nurses who do not care for COVID 19 patients during the pandemic process

Those with active COVID 19

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

Experiences of acupressure

Heart and kidney failure, severe anemia, immunodeficiency problem

Pregnant

Diagnosed with sleep disorder and receiving treatment

Anxiety disorder and treatment

Depression diagnosed and treated

Coffee, cigarette and alcohol addiction

Having mental illness

Fixed day shift workers

Those who can not understand and speak Turkish

Those who did not sign the Informed Consent Form

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