The ٍEffect Of Acupressure On Nausea And Vomiting And Anxiety Induced By Chemotherapy In Schoolchildren With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

The general goal of determining the effect of acupressure on nausea and vomiting and anxiety caused by chemotherapy in school-age children with Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

A clinical trial with a control group, one blind, randomized, sample size of 60 children with Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

The place of the study in the Amir Kabir Hospital of Arak. 60 Children with acute lumphocytic leukemia are randomly divided into two groups of intervention and control. Acupressure intervention at pericardium (p6) to reduce nausea and vomiting. The first day of chemotherapy 1 hour after the end of the first chemotherapy (3 times each time for 1 minute). Thirty minutes to one hour after the end of each pericardium interference, a subsequent intervention of acupressure at the Shen men point to reduce anxiety (3 times per minute for 1 minute). In the control group, on the first day of chemotherapy and one hour after the end of the first-order chemotherapy, acupressure intervention was performed at the false point of S13. (3 times each time for 1 minute).

Sample specification and entry criteria: Knowledge of time and place; Knowledge and history of using acupressure for any purpose; There is no specific problem in the place and place of acupressure (no scar, ecchymosis, mass or pain); Not suffering from certain chronic diseases (hemophilia, diabetes ...); Literacy, reading and writing, and the ability to complete a questionnaire (by the child or with the help of parents); do not have platelet less than 50,000 (due to the possibility of pressure-related bleeding); In the past six months, there has been no anxious event, such as the death of a first-degree relative, divorce, or father-in-work unemployment; Parents are not from the medical group. Exit criteria: Possible death; Possible exemption from continuing participation in a potential; transfer study to a health facility in another city.

Acupressure intervention at pericardium (p6) to reduce nausea and vomiting. The first day of chemotherapy 1 hour after the end of the first chemotherapy (3 times each time for 1 minute). Thirty minutes to one hour after the end of each pericardium interference, a subsequent intervention of acupressure at the Shen men point to reduce anxiety (3 times per minute for 1 minute). In the control group, on the first day of chemotherapy and one hour after the end of the first-order chemotherapy, acupressure intervention was performed at the false point of S13. (3 times each time for 1 minute).

Expected Outcome REDUCE Nausea and Vomiting and Anxiety Induce by Chemotherapy in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

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The placement of the samples will be randomized and blocked in both interventional and control groups. They will be considered for the age of 1 year and gender (male and female). The first eligible patient will be randomly selected. Will be in the group or intervention (so that the envelope containing the intervention or control group is selected by one of the personnel of the department). The next patient will be in the opposite position if it matches the age and sex. Otherwise The new lottery will be done to get 30 samples in the intervention group and 30 in the control grou

use of the false point in the control group