NCT04849793

The Effect of Acupressure on the Anxiety Level

The Effect of Acupressure on the Anxiety Level of Senior Nursing Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mersin University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomized controlled study evaluates the effect of acupressure application on the anxiety level of senior nursing students.The hypothesis of this study is that acupressure reduces anxiety levels.

Detailed description

Methods: In the study, 52 senior nursing students were randomly assigned to the study and control groups. The study group (n = 26) included Shen Men, the 7th acupuncture point (HT7) of the heart meridian located between the ulna and pisiform bones on the radial side of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon, EX-HN3 (Yintang) located in the middle of the beginning of both eyebrows and the thumb and the LI4 points located in the space between the index finger (between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones of the hand, in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side) will be applied for an average of 10 minutes. No intervention will be made to the control group (n = 26). In order to avoid ethical problems, both groups will be given an informative training on acupressure and anxiety content at the end of the study. The primary outcome of the study is the effect of acupressure on the state anxiety level of senior nursing students. The secondary outcome of the study is the effect of acupressure on trait anxiety level in senior nursing students. The results will be collected before the acupressure and in the 4th week of the last intervention.

Conditions

• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Acupressure	Before starting the application, the students will be asked to rub the area around the area to be pressed for 20-30 seconds with their palms. With the gentle rubbing of the surrounding tissue, the tension and tissue sensitivity in the area of warming, relaxing and preparatory will be reduced and the tissue will be relieved. . The students will be asked to press the designated point manually with their thumb, index or middle finger for 5 seconds with a depth of 1-1.5 cm, rest for 2 seconds and continue the practice for 2 minutes

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-15
• Primary completion: 2021-05-15
• Completion: 2021-05-15
• First posted: 2021-04-19
• Last updated: 2022-11-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)