The ?Effect Of Acupressure On Nausea And Vomiting And Anxiety Induced By Chemotherapy In Schoolchildren With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

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Category Primary study
Registry of TrialsIranian Registry of Clinical Trials
Year 2020
INTERVENTION: Intervention 1: Intervention group: Acupressure on the first day of chemotherapy and 1 hour after the end of chemotherapy at the pericardium 6 point to reduce nausea and vomiting (3 times and 1 minute for each) and 1 hour after acupressure in Pericardium point Acupressure intervention on the Shen Men point (3 times and 1 minute for each) to reduce anxiety. Intervention 2: Control group: On the first day of chemotherapy and 1 hour after the end of acupressure chemotherapy at the false S13 point for reduction of nausea and vomiting and anxiety (3 times and 1 minute for each). CONDITION: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. ; Acute lymphoblastic leukemia [ALL] PRIMARY OUTCOME: Reduce anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately and 12 hours after the third intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Scale. Reduce nausea and vomiting. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately and 12 hours after the third intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Scale‐Adjusted Rhodes Questionnaire for Children. SECONDARY OUTCOME: ‐. Timepoint: ‐. Method of measurement: ‐. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Knowledge of time and place; Knowledge and history of using acupressure for any purpose; There is no specific problem in the place and place of acupressure (no scar, ecchymosis, mass or pain); Not suffering from certain chronic diseases (hemophilia, diabetes ...); Literacy, reading and writing, and the ability to complete a questionnaire (by the child or with the help of parents); do not have platelet less than 50,000 (due to the possibility of pressure‐related bleeding); In the past six months, there has been no anxious event, such as the death of a first‐degree relative, divorce, or father‐in‐work unemployment; Parents are not from the medical group.
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First added on: Apr 22, 2021