The effect of acupressure on quality of sleep in Iranian elderly nursing home residents

Acupressure Improves Sleep Quality of Psychogeriatric Inpatients

“…Findings are congruent with previous studies that showed that acupressure may improve sleep quality in patients with ESRD (Tsay & Chen, 2003) and in elderly residents in a nursing home (Chen et al, 1999;Reza et al, 2010;Sun et al, 2005Sun et al, , 2010. Using actigraphy data, the current findings provide stronger evidence that supports the sleep-promoting effects of acupressure.…”

“…However, the frequency of hypnotic agent use by the study participants did not decrease after intervening with acupressure. This finding is consistent with results from Tsay and Chen (2003) and Reza et al (2010). One reason might be related to the fact that the participants have been using hypnotic agents for about 5Y6 years before participating in the study, so they may have developed varying degrees of dependence on these agents.…”

Effects of Acupuncture and Acupressure on Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Systematic Review

“…No standard practice exists in acupressure frequency, which ranges from three times per week to once daily in studies for other symptoms (Reza et al, 2010;Sun et al, 2010;Tsay et al, 2003;Wu et al, 2004). Zick et al (2011) found that patient adherence was poorer in high-frequency acupressure groups; twice daily was specified, but some patients reduced it to daily.…”

The SIESTA Trial: A Randomized Study Investigating the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Acupressure versus Sham Therapy for Improving Sleep Quality in Patients with End‐Stage Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis

“…Unfortunately, the analysis was conducted on a per-protocol basis; the dropout rate was moderate (14%), and the statistical methods employed did not adjust for baseline differences in PSQI global scores [44, 45]. Other previous studies have reported beneficial effects of acupressure on insomnia in patients without chronic kidney disease, including the elderly [31, 33], postmenopausal women [35], and cancer patients [36]. The apparent disparity in findings compared with the present study may relate to the limitations of the previous studies, including suboptimal methodologic quality, for example, lacking of placebo control [35, 36], selective outcome reporting [31], and inclusion of predominantly Asian patient populations [31, 33, 35, 36].…”