Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume
2022
Publisher
Hindawi
School
School of Nursing and Midwifery
RAS ID
43695
Funders
Chinese National Major Project for New Drug Innovation (2019ZX09201002003) National Natural Science Foundation of China (82030076, 82070161, 81970151, 81670162, and 81870134), Shenzhen Key Laboratory Foundation (ZDSYS20200811143757022), Shenzhen Science and Technology Foundation (JCYJ20190808163601776 and JCYJ20200109113810154).
Abstract
Introduction. Acute pain is a prevalent problem for dementia residents in nursing homes. A variety of intervention strategies have been applied to address this problem. However, there remains an issue of inadequate pain control. This study aims to explore the analgesic efficacy of auricular acupressure (AA) for dementia residents with acute pain in nursing homes. Methods. A multicenter, single-blind, randomized, and sham-controlled clinical trial was performed in three nursing homes in Yinchuan, China. All of the 206 eligible patients with acute pain were randomly divided into two groups for real AA therapy or sham AA (at sham point stimulation) therapy. The primary outcome was measured with a face pain scale revised (FPS-R) score before the procedure, 5 min after the start of the intervention, and 5 min after finishing the procedure. Secondary outcomes covered three physiological parameters, adverse reactions observed, satisfaction level of caregivers, acceptance of patients, and additional use of analgesics. Results. There was a significant difference in pain scores based on FPS-R between the two groups (p<0.01). Pain score in the true AA group was 1.84 ± 0.23, compared with 2.22 ± 0.81 in the sham AA group. No adverse events were found during the whole procedure for all patients. The satisfaction level of caregivers and acceptance of patients in the real AA group were significantly higher than those in the sham AA group. Conclusion. This study shows that real AA was an alternative analgesic modality in reducing acute pain in patients with mild dementia.
DOI
10.1155/2022/6406383
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Comments
Zhang, J. J., Yu, L., Mei, J. H., Wang, H. X., Gao, H. X., Fu, J. F., ... & Li, Y. X. (2022). Effect of Auricular Acupressure on Acute Pain in Nursing Home Residents with Mild Dementia: A Single-Blind, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6406383