TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Constipation in Patients With Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy
T2 - A Randomized Control Trial
AU - Shin, Jeongran
AU - Park, Hyojung
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by the Seoul Nurses Association.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - The purpose was to examine the effects of auricular acupressure to relieve constipation in patients with breast cancer who were undergoing chemotherapy. Participants were 52 patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy at E University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, randomized into two groups of equal size. For the experimental group, auricular acupressure was applied to seven auricular acupoints for 6 weeks using vaccaria seeds, whereas the control group received the usual care. Constipation-assessment scores of the experimental group were significantly lower compared with the control group (p <.001). Stool-form scores of the experimental group were significantly higher compared with the control group (p =.003). Patient Assessment of Constipation–Quality of Life scores of the experimental group were significantly lower compared with the control group (p <.001). Auricular acupressure was effective at relieving constipation in patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy. Auricular acupressure was also a safe and acceptable nursing intervention.
AB - The purpose was to examine the effects of auricular acupressure to relieve constipation in patients with breast cancer who were undergoing chemotherapy. Participants were 52 patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy at E University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, randomized into two groups of equal size. For the experimental group, auricular acupressure was applied to seven auricular acupoints for 6 weeks using vaccaria seeds, whereas the control group received the usual care. Constipation-assessment scores of the experimental group were significantly lower compared with the control group (p <.001). Stool-form scores of the experimental group were significantly higher compared with the control group (p =.003). Patient Assessment of Constipation–Quality of Life scores of the experimental group were significantly lower compared with the control group (p <.001). Auricular acupressure was effective at relieving constipation in patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy. Auricular acupressure was also a safe and acceptable nursing intervention.
KW - auricular acupressure
KW - breast cancer
KW - chemotherapy
KW - constipation
KW - nursing intervention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85036535830&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0193945916680362
DO - 10.1177/0193945916680362
M3 - Article
C2 - 27903827
AN - SCOPUS:85036535830
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 40
SP - 67
EP - 83
JO - Western Journal of Nursing Research
JF - Western Journal of Nursing Research
IS - 1
ER -
