Clinical trial · Interventional
Acupressure for Fatigue in Elderly Cancer Patients
Acupressure for Cancer Related Fatigue in Elderly Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study
NCT04362904CI-TRIAL-00044832completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acupressure on the severity and level of cancer-related fatigue in elderly patients with cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatigue | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| acupressure | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- acupressure
- description
- In accordance with the acupressure protocol, each day for four weeks, taking into account the awakening and sleep periods of the individuals, acupressure applied for a total of 3 min to the each acupuncture points (one session 18 minutes) twice a day between 07:00 and 10:00 and 19:00 to 22:00 in the morning patients were asked to perform acupressure by their caregivers or on their own.
- interventionNames
- Other: acupressure
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- control
- description
- No intervention was applied to the control group.
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Visual Analog Scale
- timeFrame
- four weeks
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 65 and over * Who completed chemotherapy treatment for cancer at least a month ago * Least literate * Moderate to severe fatigue (VAS fatigue score 4 and above) * Platelet count\> 50,000 * Hemoglobin levels\> 9 g / dl * Hematocrit levels\> 30% * Patients with an estimated survival time of more than three months Exclusion Criteria: * Comorbidities that may cause fatigue (eg moderate and severe heart failure, hypothyroidism, diabetes, multiple sclerosis) * Being diagnosed with a psychiatric disease * Nerve, soft tissue and vascular disease on acupressure areas (hand and leg) * Infection and surgery operations on acupressure areas (hand and leg) * Patients had chemotherapy, radiotherapy or other cancer treatment planned during the study
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