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- Title
Effects of Acupressure on Fatigue and Depression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Treated with Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
- Authors
Su-Chen Lan; Yueh-E Lin; Shu-Ching Chen; Yu-Fang Lin; Yu-Jen Wang
- Abstract
This study was to examine the effects of acupressure on fatigue and depression in HCC patients undergoing TACE. A quasiexperimental study design was used. Patients were evaluated at five time points: before treatment (T1) and 2, 3, 4, and 5 days after treating TACE (T2, T3, T4, and T5). Fatigue and depression were assessed by a VAS fatigue scale and a VAS depression scale at each time point. TFRS and BDI were administered at T1 and T5. Patients' fatigue and depression were significantly higher at T5 than at T1 in two groups. Fatigue and depression increased in both the experimental and control groups' patients over the five days of hospitalization during which TACE and chemotherapy were administered.The experimental group had significantly less fatigue than the control group, with lower subscale scores on physical, psychosocial, daily, and overall fatigue. There were no differences between the groups on depression. At posttest, the experimental group experienced lower physical, psychosocial, daily, and overall fatigue than the control group. Acupressure can improve fatigue in HCC patients during treatment with TACE but did not alleviate depression. Discharge planning should include home care for management of fatigue and depression.
- Subjects
TAIWAN; PREVENTION of mental depression; FATIGUE prevention; CANCER complications; ACUPRESSURE; ALTERNATIVE medicine; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL correlation; HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma; RESEARCH methodology; PROBABILITY theory; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; RESEARCH evaluation; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; STATISTICAL significance; EFFECT sizes (Statistics); VISUAL analog scale; PRE-tests &; post-tests; REPEATED measures design; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; DISEASE complications; PREVENTION; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM), 2015, p1
- ISSN
1741-427X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1155/2015/496485