Effect of Acupressure and Abdominal Massage on Constipation in Patients with Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Study

Mahinur Durmuş İskender and Nurcan Çalışkan

Clinical Nursing Research, 2022, vol. 31, issue 3, 453-462

Abstract: This study was a randomized controlled trial aimed to compare the effects of acupressure and abdominal massage on constipation development for patients with TKA. The patients were randomly assigned to each group: control group ( n  = 31), acupressure group ( n  = 30), and abdominal massage group ( n  = 30). The finding showed that the severity of constipation and straining stool consistency of the groups in which acupressure and abdominal massage was applied are significantly better than the control group ( p  

Keywords: acupressure; abdominal massage; nursing; constipation; total knee arthroplasty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738211033917

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