Sleep quality of nurses. A lack of synchrony between the sleep-wake schedule and the desired sleep-wake schedule for the individual's environment, resulting in a complaint of either insomnia or hypersomnia.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Acupressure on the Shnmen (HT7) point by button wrist strap in intervention group. Intervention 2: Acupressure spot on the false point by button wrist strap in placebo group.
Treatment - Other
Treatment - Drugs
Acupressure on the Shnmen (HT7) point by button wrist strap in intervention group
Acupressure spot on the false point by button wrist strap in placebo group
Sponsors
Vice Chancellor for research,Semnan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Circulation working nurses; willing to participate in study Exclusion criteria: Menopause; discouraging from study; any lesion or cutaneous problems in intervening site; prior experience of acupuncture or acupressure; psychiatric disorders that need to daily medication; disease such as malignancy, lupus, cutaneous disorders, advance heart failure, insulin dependent diabetes, asthma.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sleep quality. Timepoint: Before initiation of first stage, after termination of first stage, before initiation of second stage, after termination of second stage. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh sleep quality index. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactAli Fakhr-Movahedi
Semnan university of medical sciences
Outcome results
None listed