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Effect of Implementing Acupressure on Pain among Breast Cancer Patients

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Background: Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women, and the second main cause of cancer death among them, after lung cancer. Cancer -related pain often co-occurs with insomnia. Aim of study: Explore the effect of implemented acupressure on pain among breast cancer patients. Subjects and Method : Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used in this study. Setting:  The study was conducted in Oncology Department at Mansoura University Hospitals. Subjects: A purposive sample of 60 adult female patients with breast cancer. Tool of data collection:  The data collected through the following tools: Structured interview, Pain assessment tool and Numeric rating Scale of pain. The results: The study revealed that after implementing of acupressure, there was decreased in pain for study sample (t-test=5.34*) rather than the control sample. Conclusion: This study concluded that, implementing of acupressure have positive affect on reducing pain among breast cancer patients. Recommendations: Encourage oncology hospitals to apply acupressure as a treatment line to manage pain for breast cancer patients.  Also, further researches are needed with large sample size for generalization of the results.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2023.168510.1228

Keywords

Acupressure, breast cancer, Pain

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Samah

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Abouelatta

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medical surgical , faculty of nursing , port said university

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samahgaber2005@gmail.com

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Bilqas

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wafaa

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ismail

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medical surgical , faculty of nursing, mansoura university

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dr_wafaaismail@yahoo.com

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mansoura

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Amal

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bakr

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medical surgical department, faculty of nursing, port said university

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amelsarwat@yahoo.com

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port said

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Rasha

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Hamed

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Hamdy

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Professor of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Faculty of Medicine - Mansoura University

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Heba Abd el Rahem

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Abd el Rahem

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Assistant professor of Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing - Port Said University

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10

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3

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43328

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2023-09-01

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2022-10-16

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2023-09-01

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130

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153

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2356-8658

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2682-3241

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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Effect of Implementing Acupressure on Pain among Breast Cancer Patients

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24 Dec 2024