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Meltem Sungur1, Nimet Ovayolu, Aylin Akçalı
1Department of Nursing, Yusuf Şerefoğlu Faculty of Health Sciences, Kilis 7 Aralık University, Kilis, Turkey (Ms Sungur); Faculty of Health Sciences, Sanko University, Gaziantep, Turkey (Dr Ovayolu); and Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey (Dr Akçalı).
Abstract:
This study was conducted in order to examine the effect of acupressure applied to patients with multiple sclerosis on fatigue. The patients meeting the inclusion criteria were assigned to intervention (n = 30) and control (n = 30) groups. The data of the study were collected using a questionnaire and the Fatigue Severity Scale. During the study, the control group received its routine treatment; on the other hand, the intervention group received routine treatment and also the certified researcher, receiving the acupressure training, applied acupressure to the intervention group by using the points Li4, ST36 and SP6 3 times a week for a total of 4 weeks. The postacupressure fatigue mean score was 5.2 ± 0.7 in the intervention group and 5.9 ± 0.7 in the control group, and there was a significant difference in the control and intervention groups in terms of postacupressure fatigue mean scores (P < .05). According to these results of the study, it can be recommended to provide acupressure training to patients with multiple sclerosis in order to decrease the fatigue associated with multiple sclerosis.
