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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2021.12.12.509

Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Quality of Sleep and Depression  

Shin, Hye-Yeon (Department of Nursing, Inha University)
Jang, Yun-Jeong (Department of Nursing, Inha University)
Choe, Cheong-Hun (Department of Nursing, Inha University)
Lee, Da-Hea (Department of Nursing, Inha University)
Lee, Eun Jin (Department of Nursing, Inha University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.12, no.12, 2021 , pp. 509-518 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to examine the effects of auricular acupressure on quality of sleep and depression. Adults who had insomnia for over 1 month were recruited. Participants were distributed randomly to the experimental group(n=22) and the control group(n=22). The experimental group received auricular acupressure on Shen men(TF2), insomnia 1(SF4), insomnia 2(SF1), and anti-depression(LO8) for 1 week. The contrast group received sleep hygiene education. The mean differences of the quality of sleep were 4.05±2.52 in the experimental group and 1.45±3.77 in the control group. Auricular acupressure significantly decreased insomnia in the experimental group compared to the control group(t=3.07, p=.004). Depression scores after acupressure were not different between the experimental group and the control group. After controlling the religion as a covariate, the mean difference of depression in the experimental group was higher than the control group(F=4.22, p=.046). In conclusion, auricular acupressure decreased insomnia and depression. Therefore, further studies on different acupressure points such as shen men, jiao gan, heart, pi zhi xia, and endocrine are recommended.
Keywords
Acupressure; Depression; Quality of sleep; Alternative medicine; Adult;
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