Effect of auricular acupressure for postpartum insomnia: an uncontrolled clinical trial

Aims and objectives This study examined the effects of auricular acupressure therapy on women with postpartum insomnia. Background Postpartum women generally have poor sleep quality because of frequent night‐time breastfeeding during the first month after giving birth. Design A one‐group pretest/pos...

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Published in:Journal of clinical nursing 2016-02, Vol.25 (3-4), p.332-339
Main Authors: Ko, Yi-Li, Lin, Shih-Chi, Lin, Pi-Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acupressure - methods
Acupuncture Points
Adult
auricular point acupressure
Clinical trials
Ear
Female
Humans
Insomnia
Nursing
postpartum
Postpartum period
Puerperal Disorders - nursing
Puerperal Disorders - therapy
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - nursing
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - therapy
sleep quality
Taiwan
Young Adult
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Summary:Aims and objectives This study examined the effects of auricular acupressure therapy on women with postpartum insomnia. Background Postpartum women generally have poor sleep quality because of frequent night‐time breastfeeding during the first month after giving birth. Design A one‐group pretest/post‐test quasi‐experiment was conducted. Methods A convenience sampling method was used to recruit participants at a postpartum centre (doing‐the‐month centre) in Northern Taiwan, from January 2014–July 2014. Thirty women with postpartum insomnia received auricular acupressure therapy on one auricular point (Shenmen point pressing) four times a day for 14 days. The Chinese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to assess sleep quality before and after the 14‐day treatment. Results After the 14‐day auricular acupressure treatment, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index total scores of the women decreased from 8·7 (pretest) to 5·57 (post‐test, 36% reduction). Scores on the subscales of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, including sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration and sleep disturbance, also statistically improved (p 
ISSN:0962-1067
1365-2702
DOI:10.1111/jocn.13053