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- Title
A sham-controlled trial of acupressure on the quality of sleep and life in haemodialysis patients.
- Authors
Arab, Zahra; Shariati, Ali Reza; Asayesh, Hamid; Vakili, Mohammad Ali; Bahrami-Taghanaki, Hamidreza; Azizi, Hoda
- Abstract
Background Sleep disorder in haemodialysis patients can lead to disturbance in their psychosocial function and interpersonal relations, and reduced quality of life. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of acupressure on the quality of sleep of haemodialysis patients. Methods In a randomised controlled trial, 108 haemodialysis patients were randomly divided into three groups: true acupressure, placebo acupressure, and no treatment. The two acupressure groups received treatment three times a week for 4 weeks during dialysis. Routine care only was provided for the no treatment group. The main study outcome was sleep quality. Results The total Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score decreased significantly from 11.9±3.13 to 6.2±1.93 in the true acupressure group, from 11.3±3.69 to 10.6±3.82 in the sham acupressure group, and from 10.9±4.10 to 10.7±3.94 in the no treatment group. There was a significant difference between groups (p<0.001). Conclusions Acupressure seems to have a positive effect on the sleep quality in haemodialysis patients.
- Subjects
ACUPRESSURE; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL correlation; HEALTH surveys; HEMODIALYSIS; QUALITY assurance; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; SLEEP; SLEEP disorders; STATISTICS; DATA analysis; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; DATA analysis software; MANN Whitney U Test; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
- Publication
Acupuncture in Medicine, 2016, Vol 34, Issue 1, p2
- ISSN
0964-5284
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1136/acupmed-2014-010369