Effect of Auricular Acupressure on Sleep Quality in Nurses
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorMackay Memorial Hospital
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to explore Effect of Auricular Acupressure on Improving Sleep Quality in Nurses. Adopting a quasi-experimental research design and convenience sampling, nursing staff from a northern medical center who scored 5 or higher on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale were selected as research subjects. Eligible participants were assigned to either the experimental group (auricular acupoint sticking) or the control group (no intervention).Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale were measured on the day of application, as well as during the fourth and eighth weeks. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 29.0 for Windows.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Aged 18
Nurses whose score on Pittsburgh Scale is greater than 5.
Those who are conscious, can communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese, and answer the questionnaires in writing or orally, agree to participate in this study and sign the subject consent form.
Disqualifiers
People with mental illness
infection or skin breakouts around the ears
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Auricular Acupressure
Treatment groups
64 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov