Thyroid tumour
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Age: 18 to 65 years. (2) Patients medically diagnosed as requiring thyroid surgery. (3) Postoperative pain score > 3. (4) No impairment in verbal communication and clear consciousness. (5) No contraindications to wrist and ankle acupuncture and intact skin around the acupuncture point, no redness, no scarring, no breakage. (6) Informed consent obtained and voluntarily subjected to the trial.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) With serious illnesses such as severe cardiac insufficiency. (2) With mental illness, poor cognitive understanding or communication difficulties. (3) With skin damage or allergy. (4) Those with a history of needle sickness. (5) Long-term use of sedative and analgesic drugs. (6) Those who have participated in other clinical trials within the last 4 weeks.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain evaluation; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 40-item Quality of Recovery Score;Grading of nausea and vomiting reactions; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
School of Nursing, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine