Beyond Pills: Acupressure Impact on Self-Rated Pain and Anxiety Scores

To determine impact of an acupressure protocol on self-rated pain and anxiety scores. Retrospective database analysis of self-rated pain and anxiety scores before and immediately after administration of stress release acupressure protocol. Participants include hospitalized patients, nurses, and publ...

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Published in:	The journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 25; no. 5; p. 517
Main Authors:	Monson, Elizabeth, Arney, Diane, Benham, Beth, Bird, Rebekah, Elias, Erika, Linden, Kami, McCord, Kimberly, Miller, Cathy, Miller, Tammy, Ritter, Lori, Waggy, Deanna
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-05-2019
Subjects:	Acupressure Anxiety - therapy Hospitalization Humans Nurses Pain Management - methods Retrospective Studies Treatment Outcome nurses health complementary medicine acupressure pain reduction anxiety reduction bedside treatment
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Summary:	To determine impact of an acupressure protocol on self-rated pain and anxiety scores. Retrospective database analysis of self-rated pain and anxiety scores before and immediately after administration of stress release acupressure protocol. Participants include hospitalized patients, nurses, and public. Involves a 16-point stress release acupressure protocol. Outcome measures involve pre- and post-treatment self-rated pain scores (0-10) with the Wong-Baker Faces Scale and pre- and post-treatment self-rated anxiety scores (0-10) on a visual analog scale. Five hundred and nineteen acupressure treatments were retrospectively analyzed with pre- and post-treatment self-rated pain and anxiety scores, where 0 represented no pain or anxiety and 10 represented the worst pain and anxiety. Overall, participants demonstrated a two-point decrease in pain scores and a four-point decrease in anxiety scores post-treatment. Hospitalized patients demonstrated a four-point decrease in pain scores and a five-point decrease in anxiety scores post-treatment. Nurses demonstrated a three-point decrease in pain scores and four-point decrease in anxiety scores post-treatment. Public population demonstrated a one-point decrease in pain scores and two-point decrease in anxiety scores post-treatment. Seventy-five percent of participants were highly satisfied with acupressure treatments, and 96% of treatments were administered in less than 30 minutes. Acupressure is a highly satisfactory complementary therapy that can demonstrate a clinically significant decrease in self-rated pain and anxiety scores.
ISSN:	1557-7708
DOI:	10.1089/acm.2018.0422