NCT06016491

The Effect of Acupressure on Menopausal Symptoms

The Effect of Acupressure on Menopausal Symptoms: A Randomized, Sham Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mersin University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled and single-blind study planned to determine the effect of acupressure application on menopausal symptoms. The hypothesis of the study is that acupressure reduces women's menopausal symptoms.

Detailed description

Menopause is a physiological process during which most women have difficulties and face many problems. Acupressure can be taught and used safely as an effective method to manage the symptoms that women experience during menopause. This study aims to determine the effect of acupressure on menopausal symptoms. The study has a prospective, randomized, sham-controlled, single-blind design. The research was conducted with 81 women (acupressure n=40, sham acupressure n=41) attending the "Menopause School" in a public hospital in Türkiye between July 05, 2021 and August 02, 2021. Both groups received acupressure application thrice a week for four weeks, 12 sessions in total. The data was obtained using a personal information form and a Menopause Rating Scale.

Conditions

• Menopause
• Acupressure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	acupressure	Depending on the preparation and compression time on each point, an average of 10 minutes was applied to each woman, and then the person were asked to apply it to themselves. After making sure that the women learned, they were asked to apply acupressure on their own. They applied a total of 12 sessions, three times a week for a total of four weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Sham acupressure	Compression was applied on the bone region where the meridians did not pass, parallel to the KD1 and SP6 points (approximately 1-1.5 cm away). Similar to the acupressure group, the sham group was treated with symmetrical extremities and for similar durati

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-05
• Primary completion: 2021-08-02
• Completion: 2022-03-21
• First posted: 2023-08-29
• Last updated: 2023-08-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)