@article{10.37349/emed.2025.1001319,
abstract = {Aim: The present study determined the effect of acupressure on anxiety, fatigue, and blood pressure in hemodialysis patients. Methods: This randomized controlled clinical trial study was conducted on hemodialysis patients referred to the Dey 9th Hospital in Torbet Haydarieh. Data were collected through Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety (STAI) and Piper’s fatigue questionnaires. The intervention group received acupressure massage at the rate of 3 to 4 kg for 10 minutes, three times a week and for 4 weeks at 9 real points [PC6 or Nei guan, GV20 and ST36 (both feet)] and the sham group at the false points [SP9 (2 points), CV24, SP6, KI27 and TW6] were received by the thumb pulp of the therapist’s hand and before the start of dialysis. No intervention was performed in the control group. Blood pressure was measured for 8 weeks [one session per week and three times per session (before dialysis, one hour after the start of dialysis, and at the end of dialysis)]. Data analysis was done with SPSS 21 software and one-way analysis of variance, repeated measures ANOVA, and chi-square statistical tests at a significance level of p-value < 0.05. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the studied groups in demographic characteristics. Changes in the mean score of anxiety, fatigue, and mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the intervention group decreased significantly more than the sham and control groups one month after the end of the intervention (p-value < 0.05). Also, performing acupressure in real points effectively reduces hemodialysis patients’ anxiety, fatigue, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the long term (p-value < 0.05). Conclusions: Acupressure, as a non-pharmacological intervention of traditional medicine, which is a simple, easy, cheap, and non-invasive method, has a significant effect on reducing anxiety, fatigue, and blood pressure in hemodialysis patients (registered in the clinical trial studies system with the code IRCT20221223056899N1).},
author = {Nasirizade, Manizhe and Soleimani, Toktam and Salehiniya, Hamid and Ghasemi, Reza and Bahrami-Taghanaki, Hamidreza},
doi = {10.37349/emed.2025.1001319},
journal = {Exploration of Medicine},
elocation-id = {1001319},
title = {The effect of acupressure on anxiety, fatigue, and blood pressure in hemodialysis patients: a randomized controlled trial study},
url = {https://www.explorationpub.com/Journals/em/Article/1001319},
volume = {6},
year = {2025}
}