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KMID : 0869520170230010075
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Journal of East-West Nirsing Research
2017 Volume.23 No. 1 p.75 ~ p.85
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The Effect of Pericardium Kimek (K9) and Nei-Guan (P6) Acupressure on Anxiety, Nausea, Retching, and Physiologic Changes in Patients Performed Unsedated Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
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Kim Ji-Hyun
Jeong Gye-Seon
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the effects of Pericardium Kimek (K9) and Nei-Guan (P6) acupressure on relief of the anxiety, nausea, retching and physiologic changes (oxygen saturation, blood pressure, heart rate, temperature and respiration) in the patients undergoing unsedated esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
Methods: A quasi-experimental research design was used. The participants were assigned into the listed three groups, i.e., the control group, the first experimental group (E1: K9 acupressure group) and the second experimental group (E2: P6 acupressure group). A total of 60 participants were included for analysis.
Results: The severity of nausea (F=3.503, p=.037), the oxygen saturation (F=5.417, p=.007). and the respiration rate (F=7.270, p=.002) showed statistically significant differences in three groups.
Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, K9 acupressure with moxa pellets and P6 acupressure with wristbands (Sea-Band) are considered to be safe and an easy-to-apply intervention to relieve nausea and maintain the level of oxygen saturation and respiration rate in patients undergone unsedated esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
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KEYWORD
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Acupressure, Nausea, Retching
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