Effect of Implementing Acupressure on Pain among Breast Cancer Patients | ||||
| Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing | ||||
| Volume 10, Issue 3, September 2023, Page 130-153 PDF (970.8 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/pssjn.2023.168510.1228 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Samah Abouelatta1; wafaa ismail2; Amal bakr  3; Rasha Hamdy Hamed4; Heba Abd el Rahem Abd el Rahem5
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| 1medical surgical , faculty of nursing , port said university | ||||
| 2medical surgical , faculty of nursing, mansoura university | ||||
| 3medical surgical department, faculty of nursing, port said university | ||||
| 4Professor of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Faculty of Medicine - Mansoura University | ||||
| 5Assistant professor of Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing - Port Said University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women, and the second main cause of cancer death among them, after lung cancer. Cancer -related pain often co-occurs with insomnia. Aim of study: Explore the effect of implemented acupressure on pain among breast cancer patients. Subjects and Method : Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in Oncology Department at Mansoura University Hospitals. Subjects: A purposive sample of 60 adult female patients with breast cancer. Tool of data collection: The data collected through the following tools: Structured interview, Pain assessment tool and Numeric rating Scale of pain. The results: The study revealed that after implementing of acupressure, there was decreased in pain for study sample (t-test=5.34*) rather than the control sample. Conclusion: This study concluded that, implementing of acupressure have positive affect on reducing pain among breast cancer patients. Recommendations: Encourage oncology hospitals to apply acupressure as a treatment line to manage pain for breast cancer patients. Also, further researches are needed with large sample size for generalization of the results. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Acupressure; Breast cancer; pain | ||||
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