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Acupressure for nausea and vomiting in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

Abstract
Practitioners working with patients undergoing chemotherapy regularly encourage them to use acupressure in the form of Sea Bands for the relief of treatment-related nausea and vomiting. This mini-review sets out to uncover and examine the evidence base for this recommendation. A mini systematic review was carried out to identify randomized controlled trials comparing the use of acupressure plus usual care with usual care alone. The population was adult patients receiving cancer chemotherapy. The outcome was nausea or vomiting duration or intensity. Searches on Medline, Embase, AMED, the Cochrane Library, Cancerlit and Cinahl identified two randomized controlled trials involving 482 patients with compared acupressure to no intervention control. The results suggest that acupressure may decrease nausea among patients undergoing chemotherapy but further work is required before conclusively advising patients on the efficacy of acupressure in preventing and treating chemotherapy-induced nausea.
AuthorsJoan Klein, Peter Griffiths
JournalBritish journal of community nursing (Br J Community Nurs) Vol. 9 Issue 9 Pg. 383-8 (Sep 2004) ISSN: 1462-4753 [Print] England
PMID15389150 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review, Systematic Review)
Chemical References
  • Antiemetics
  • Antineoplastic Agents
Topics
  • Acupressure (methods, nursing)
  • Adult
  • Antiemetics (therapeutic use)
  • Antineoplastic Agents (adverse effects)
  • Combined Modality Therapy (methods, nursing)
  • Community Health Nursing (methods)
  • Humans
  • Nausea (chemically induced, drug therapy, nursing)
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vomiting (chemically induced, drug therapy, nursing)

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