Effect of auricular acupressure for postpartum insomnia: an uncontrolled clinical trial

Yi‐Li Ko, Shih‐Chi Lin and Pi‐Chu Lin

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2016, vol. 25, issue 3-4, 332-339

Abstract: Aims and objectives This study examined the effects of auricular acupressure therapy on women with postpartum insomnia. Background Postpartum women generally have poor sleep quality because of frequent night‐time breastfeeding during the first month after giving birth. Design A one‐group pretest/post‐test quasi‐experiment was conducted. Methods A convenience sampling method was used to recruit participants at a postpartum centre (doing‐the‐month centre) in Northern Taiwan, from January 2014–July 2014. Thirty women with postpartum insomnia received auricular acupressure therapy on one auricular point (Shenmen point pressing) four times a day for 14 days. The Chinese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to assess sleep quality before and after the 14‐day treatment. Results After the 14‐day auricular acupressure treatment, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index total scores of the women decreased from 8·7 (pretest) to 5·57 (post‐test, 36% reduction). Scores on the subscales of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, including sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration and sleep disturbance, also statistically improved (p

Date: 2016
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