Department of Spine Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul 06351, Republic of Korea.
College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 17;20(3):1705. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20031705.
(1) Background: Various procedures were performed on patients with persistent spinal pain syndrome (PSPS), but the clinical effect and safety were insufficient. The study was to examine the effects of auricular acupressure (AA) on low back pain, neuropathy, and sleep in patients on PSPS. (2) Methods: This was a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled study conducted from 1 March 2022 to 31 July 2022. The participants who had at least one lumbar surgery were randomly assigned to either the experimental group ( = 26) or the placebo control group ( = 25). All participants received 6 weeks of AA intervention. To validate the effects of the intervention, pressure pain thresholds (PPT), the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), douleur neuropathique 4 (DN4) questions, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and actigraphy with a Fitbit Alta were conducted. The data were analyzed with SPSS/WIN ver. 27.0, using a -test and repeated-measures ANOVA. (3) Results: The findings showed that there were significant differences in pain (back VAS = 0.003, leg VAS = 0.002, PPT = 0.008), neuropathy (DN4 = 0.034), and sleep actigraphy (sleep efficiency = 0.038, number of awake = 0.001, deep sleep stage = 0.017). (4) Conclusions: We conclude that AA is an effective, safe, cost-effective, non-invasive nursing intervention that can improve pain, neuropathy, and sleep in patients on PSPS.
(1) 背景:持续性脊柱疼痛综合征(PSPS)患者接受了多种治疗,但临床疗效和安全性不足。本研究旨在探讨耳穴按压(AA)对 PSPS 患者腰痛、神经病变和睡眠的影响。 (2) 方法:这是一项于 2022 年 3 月 1 日至 7 月 31 日进行的随机、单盲、安慰剂对照研究。至少接受过一次腰椎手术的参与者被随机分配到实验组(n=26)或安慰剂对照组(n=25)。所有参与者均接受 6 周的 AA 干预。为了验证干预的效果,进行了压力疼痛阈值(PPT)、视觉模拟量表(VAS)、DN4 问题、匹兹堡睡眠质量指数(PSQI)和 Fitbit Alta 的活动记录仪测量。使用 SPSS/WIN ver. 27.0 进行数据分析,采用 t 检验和重复测量方差分析。 (3) 结果:研究结果表明,疼痛(背部 VAS:0.003,腿部 VAS:0.002,PPT:0.008)、神经病变(DN4:0.034)和睡眠活动记录仪(睡眠效率:0.038,清醒次数:0.001,深度睡眠阶段:0.017)均有显著差异。 (4) 结论:AA 是一种有效、安全、具有成本效益且非侵入性的护理干预措施,可改善 PSPS 患者的疼痛、神经病变和睡眠。
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