Effects of the Nei-Guan Acupressure by Wrist Band on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Middle Ear Surgery

Myung Yun Lee; Hye Sook Min

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Lee and Min: Effects of the Nei-Guan Acupressure by Wrist Band on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Middle Ear Surgery

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2008; 38(4): 503-512.

Published online: 31 August 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2008.38.4.503

Effects of the Nei-Guan Acupressure by Wrist Band on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Middle Ear Surgery

Myung Yun Lee¹, Hye Sook Min²

¹Nurse, Department of Nursing, Dong-A University Medical Center, Korea.

²Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Min, Hye-Sook. Department of Nursing, Dong-A University, 1 Dongdaesin-dong 3ga, Seo-gu, Busan 602-714, Korea. Tel: 82-51-240-2872, Fax: 82-51-240-2947, hsmin@dau.ac.kr

Received 6 May 2008 Accepted 4 July 2008

Abstract

Purpose

This study was to identify the effects of Nei-Guan accupressure using a wrist band on postoperative nausea and vomiting after middle ear surgery

Methods

The study design was a nonequivalent control group non-synchronized posttest design. Forty patients were assigned into two groups of 20 patients, the wrist band group and the control group. In the wristband group, acupressure was applied with a wrist band on the P6 point at both wrists from 30 min before to 24 hr after anesthesia.

Results

The 1st hypothesis 'Applied wrist band groups will have a greater reduction in the nausea & vomiting grades by INVR than the control group' was accepted (t=2.303, p=.028). The 2nd hypothesis 'The Applied wrist band groups will have a greater reduction in the occurrence of nausea & vomiting than the control group' was partly accepted. The 3rd hypothesis 'The applied wrist band group will have a greater reduction in injection of antiemetics for 24 hr. post anesthesia than the control group' was rejected.

Conclusion

Acupressure on the P6 point using a wrist band is effective to alleviate nausea for middle ear surgery patients.

Keywords: Acupressure, Operation, Nausea and vomiting

Figures and Tables

Figure 1

Research design.

Table 1

Homogeneity Test for Characteristics of Subjects (N=40)

Anesth.=anesthesia; ASA=American Society of Anesthesiology; Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.

Table 2

Group Comparisons in Nauea and Vomiting using INVR between Experimental and Control Group (N=40)

INVR=Index of Nausea, Vomiting and Retching.

Table 3

Group Comparisons in Occurrence of Nauea and Vomiting between Experimental and Control Group (N=40)

PACU=post anesthesia care unit; anesth.=anesthesia.

Table 4

Group Comparisons in Injection of Antiemetics between Experimental and Control Group (N=40)

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