Condition 1: Anxiety. Condition 2: Cancer. Condition 3: Cancer. Condition 4: Cancer. Condition 5: Cancer. Condition 6: Cancer. Condition 7: Fatigue. Condition 8: Cancer. Other mixed anxiety disorders Malignant neoplasms, stated or presumed to be primary, of specified sites, except of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue Malignant neoplasms of ill-defined, secondary and unspecified sites Malignant neoplasms of independent (primary) multiple sites In situ neoplasms Neoplasms of uncert
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: in the intervention group acupressure will be conducted on the fifteen correct acupoints in ten sessions for half an hour during two weeks. Intervention 2: Placebo
Treatment - Other
Intervention group: in the intervention group acupressure will be conducted on the fifteen correct acupoints in ten sessions for half an hour during two weeks.
Placebo group: in the placebo group acupressure will be conducted on the fifteen sham acupoints close to correct acupoints in the ten sessions for half an hour during two weeks.
Sponsors
Vice-Chancellor of Research and Technology, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The patients with cancer in hematology unit will be included in the study with following criteria: (a) II, III, and IV stages of cancer; (b) consciousness; (c) lack of amputation or ulcer at the acupoints; (d) lack of sever heart failure; (e) lack of hypothyroidism; (f) lack of coagulant disorders. The patients will be excluded from the study with the following criteria: (a) hemoglobin less than nine gram per deciliter; (b) platelet less than 50000 per microliter; (c) pregnancy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fatigue. Timepoint: Before intervention, before the sixth session of intervention and after the tenth session of intervention. Method of measurement: Brief Fatigue Inventory questionnaire.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Before intervention, before the sixth session of intervention and after the tenth session of intervention. Method of measurement: Spielberger anxiety questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactDr. Ali Bikmoradi
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing
Outcome results
None listed