[Effects of Nei-Guan acupressure on nausea, vomiting and level of satisfaction for gynecological surgery patients who are using a patient-controlled analgesia].
OBJECTIVE
This study was done to examine effects of Nei-Guan acupressure on nausea, vomiting and level of satisfaction for gynecological surgery patients who were using a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).


METHODS
For this study, 51 patients were assigned to one of three groups, a control group (17 patients), experimental group 1 (finger acupressure group) (17 patients), and experimental group 2 (relief band group) (17 patients). The data were collected for 24 hr in the recovery room of a university hospital located in Seoul. The 6 hr-intervals including the time of leaving the recovery room were taken into consideration.


RESULTS
The occurrence of nausea between the experimental group with Nei-Guan acupressure treatment and the control group was different. However, there was no difference in nausea and vomiting control or level of patient satisfaction between the finger acupressure group and the relief band group.


CONCLUSIONS
Nei-Guan acupressure is recommended for nursing practice as a way for alleviating the opioid-induced nausea and accelerating the recovery of patients who are using PCA after surgery.
Kim
Nam Cho
NC
College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. kncpjo@catholic.ac.kr
Yoo
Je Bog
JB
Cho
Myung Sook
MS
Shin
Eun Ju
EJ
Hahm
Tae Soo
TS
D019050:Acupressure; D000328:Adult; D016058:Analgesia, Patient-Controlled; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011182:Postoperative Care; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult