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Effectiveness of Auricular Acupressure for Sleep Disorders Nurses

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Huang, Hui-Wen1 Ko, Hsiu-Ching2 Chiang, Lin-Ying3 Chen, Mei-Chuan4 Pai, Yu-Chu5

1Veterans General Hospital of Head Nurse

2Veterans General Hospital of Assistant Head Nurse

3Veterans General Hospital of Nurse

4Veterans General Hospital of Assistant Head Nurse
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Veterans General Hospital of Assistant Director

Abstract

Background: Nurses with shift work often suffer from insomnia. Poor sleep quality has a signi cant impact

on working activity and quality of life, it also increases risks on nursing care leading to patient accidents.

Purpose: This study was to explore the effectiveness of auricular acupressure on sleep quality, sleepiness,

and fatigue level of nurses with sleep disorders.

Methods: Subjects were nurses who suffered from sleep disturbance in a medical center, northern Taiwan.
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI)

were used as instruments. Total 88 nurses completed this study. Four ear acupuncture points, including

shen- men, heart, sub- cortex and occiput, were tagged with acne dressing. Participants performed self-
administered ear acupressure trice every day. Data were collected in three time points at pre-acupressure,

thereafter two weeks and four weeks post-acupressure intervention (PAI).

Result: The average scores of the PSQI decreased from 9.32 ( pre- acupressure ) to 7.27 in PAI two weeks,

6.44 ( p <.001) in PAI four weeks. The ESS scores decreased from 2.96 ( pre- acupressure ) to 2.30, in PAI two

weeks, 2.17 ( p <.001) in PAI four weeks. The BFI-Taiwan Form score decreased from 7.50 (pre- acupressure )
to 5.99 , in PAI two weeks, 5.75 ( p <.001) in PAI four weeks.

Conclusions: Auricular acupressure with non-irritating material improved sleep quality, and sleepiness, and
reduced fatigue level of nurses. This study recommended that the investigated auricular acupressure might

be applied in patients and people with sleep disturbance, to promote sleep quality and healthy.
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Keywords: auricular acupressure, nurse, sleep quality.

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Accepted for publication: March 5 , 2017
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Corresponding author : Pai,Yu-Chu
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