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- Title
이압요법이 알레르기 비염 환자의 증상 및 비염 관련 삶의 질에 미치는 효과.
- Authors
이혜숙; 박효정
- Abstract
Purpose: To examine the effects of auricular acupressure on symptoms of patients with allergic rhinitis and their quality of life. Methods: A quasi experimental was used with a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest method involving 56 adult outpatients who were seen in the Allergy & Asthma clinic at a tertiary referral hospital in Seoul, Korea. The experimental group (n=28) received 2 weeks of auricular acupressure to the Shenmen, wind stream, endocrine, adrenal, and lung acupuncture points; no acupressure was provided to the control group (n=28). Outcome measures included Total Nasal Symptom Score used to assess nasal symptoms, and the Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire to assess the quality of life. Repeated measure ANOVA and independent t-test were used to calculate statistical significance. Results: The experimental group showed significant improvements in terms of allergic rhinitis symptoms (p<.001) and on the Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (p<.001) compared to the control group. Conclusion: Finding in this study indicate that auricular acupressure can be used as a nursing intervention to alleviate nasal symptoms and improve rhinoconjuctivitis quality of life in allergic rhinitis patients.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; HAY fever treatment; TREATMENT effectiveness; ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE points; ANALYSIS of variance; EAR; SEASONAL variations of diseases; ALLERGIC rhinitis; RESEARCH methodology; HEALTH outcome assessment; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; T-test (Statistics); PRE-tests &; post-tests; CONTROL groups; TERTIARY care; NURSING interventions; SYMPTOMS; PREVENTION; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 3, p197
- ISSN
1225-9012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7739/jkafn.2018.25.3.197