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IRCT201204256247N5 IRCT 2012-09-15 Vice chancellor for research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acupressure and sleep quality in women with multiple sclerosis (MS) MS Effect of acupressure on sleep quality in women with multiple sclerosis in Isfahan MS society 2012-05-21 anticipated 100 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/6671 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Supportive, Other design features: In this study, Patients who do not have a history of using acupressure and do not have information about acupressure. The Patients assign randomly two groups. This study perform single blind. 0 (exploratory trials) multiple sclerosis. Intervention 1: The women in the experimental group receive the intervention (acupressure) at the point of Shen-men for five minutes on each side of the body, once at night for four consecutive weeks. Intervention 2: The women in the control (placebo) group receive the intervention (touching instead of acupressure) at the beside of Shen-men point for five minutes on each side of the body, once at night for four consecutive weeks.
public Dr. Farideh Bastani
Faculty of Nursing, Nosrat St., Tohid Square, Tehran, Iran
Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) +98 21 6692 2700 f-bastani@sina.tums.ac.ir Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences scientific Marzieh Sobhani
Faculty of Nursing, Nosrat St., Tohid Square, Tehran, Iran
Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) +98 21 6692 2700 m-sobhani@razi.tums.ac.ir Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran (Islamic Republic of) Inclusion criteria consisted of: The age between 20-50 years old, The sleep quality score should be 5 or more (with any medication), six months past from diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis in women, No presence of scars, scratches and deformity in the area of the point of Shen-men for the experimental or placebo groups, Ability for reading and writing (literate), No previous experiences of acupressure in the participants, No history of mental illnesses, physical diseases such as depression, insulin-dependent diabetes, heart failure or chronic pain in the women, and the EDSS score should be between 1- 4.5. Exclusion criteria: Lack of willingness to continue participation in the trial for any reason, Patients who do acupressure in the Shen-men point do not have warmth, heaviness, swelling, and numbness with any reason, Patients with more than 3 nights, do not perform the intervention, Patients during the intervention process have serious known physical and psychological disorders. 20 years 50 years Female G35, H48.1 Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system Treatment - Other Treatment - Other The women in the experimental group receive the intervention (acupressure) at the point of Shen-men for five minutes on each side of the body, once at night for four consecutive weeks. The women in the control (placebo) group receive the intervention (touching instead of acupressure) at the beside of Shen-men point for five minutes on each side of the body, once at night for four consecutive weeks. Quality of sleep. Timepoint: Before the beginning of the intervention and one month after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale. Vice chancellor for research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Approved 2012-03-02 Ethic Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Ghods St., Keshavarz Blvd., Tehran, Iran Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of)