title: [Effects of Nei-Guan acupressure on nausea, vomiting and level of satisfaction for gynecological surgery patients who are using a patient-controlled analgesia].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. kncpjo@catholic.ac.kr
authors.forename: Nam Cho
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Je Bog
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Myung Sook
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Eun Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Tae Soo
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Hahm
mesh_terms: 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