IRCT138811203311N1 IRCT 2010-05-26 School of Nursing and Midwifery The effects of acupressure on anxiety and vital signs of the patients before the abdominal surgeries The effects of acupressure on anxiety and vital signs of the patients before the abdominal surgeries 2006-08-23 anticipated 70 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/3382 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Prevention. N/A Generalized anxiety disorder. Intervention 1: Third eye point was pressured for 10 minutes using the thumb in a rotating manner with an average of 20-25 cycles per minute in acupressure group. Intervention 2: In the placebo group the left eyebrow was pressured using the thumbs in a rotating manner for ten minutes with an average of 20-25 cycles per minute.