Effect of Auricular Acupressure on Sleep Quality in Nurses
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorMackay Memorial Hospital
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to explore Effect of Auricular Acupressure on Improving Sleep Quality in Nurses. Adopting a quasi-experimental research design and convenience sampling, nursing staff from a northern medical center who scored 5 or higher on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale were selected as research subjects. Eligible participants were assigned to either the experimental group (auricular acupoint sticking) or the control group (no intervention).Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale were measured on the day of application, as well as during the fourth and eighth weeks. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 29.0 for Windows.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Aged 18
Nurses whose score on Pittsburgh Scale is greater than 5.
Those who are conscious, can communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese, and answer the questionnaires in writing or orally, agree to participate in this study and sign the subject consent form.
Disqualifiers
People with mental illness
infection or skin breakouts around the ears
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Auricular Acupressure
Other interventionIn the experimental group, the Shenmen point (MA-TF1) and Xin point (Xin MA) on both ears were treated with Wangbuliuxing seeds. Initially, the seeds were applied to the left ear for seven days, after which they were switched to the corresponding acupoints on the right ear. Following application, the seeds were pressed daily, once after each meal, with each acupoint being stimulated for 1 minute
Treatment groups
64 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Auricular AcupressureExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index includes seven factors: subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep disturbance, use of sleeping pills, and daytime dysfunction.
Time frame
one yearSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov