Effect of acupressure on constipation in patients with advanced cancer

Purpose Constipation is a common and distressing symptom for patients with advanced cancer. Few reports have focused on the symptoms of constipation in patients with advanced cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a short-term acupressure intervention on patients with advance...

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Published in:Supportive care in cancer 2019-09, Vol.27 (9), p.3473-3478
Main Authors: Wang, Pei-Ming, Hsu, Ching-Wen, Liu, Chun-Ting, Lai, Ting-Yu, Tzeng, Fe-Ling, Huang, Chih-Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acupressure
Acupressure - methods
Acupuncture
Acupuncture Points
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alternative medicine
Analysis
Cancer
Cancer patients
Care and treatment
Clinical trials
Colon - pathology
Constipation
Constipation - therapy
Female
Hospice Care
Hospices (Terminal care)
Humans
Male
Medical centers
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Medicine, Experimental
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - pathology
Nursing
Nursing Research
Oncology
Original Article
Pain Medicine
Palliative care
Rehabilitation Medicine
Taiwan
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Summary:Purpose Constipation is a common and distressing symptom for patients with advanced cancer. Few reports have focused on the symptoms of constipation in patients with advanced cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a short-term acupressure intervention on patients with advanced cancer. Methods This study used a non-randomized, pre-post study design to assess the effect of acupressure intervention. A total of 30 patients with advanced cancer were recruited from the hospice unit of a medical center in southern Taiwan. In addition to routine care, patients in the intervention group received an 8-min acupressure treatment daily for 3 consecutive days. Three acupoints were used in this study: Zhongwan (CV12), Guanyuan (CV4), and Tianshu (ST25). Analysis of covariance was used to compare the differences in symptoms of constipation between the two groups, adjusted for baseline values. Effect sizes were calculated using partial eta squared ( η 2 ). Results Significant improvements in symptoms of constipation (partial η 2  = 0.40, p  
ISSN:0941-4355
1433-7339
DOI:10.1007/s00520-019-4655-1