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. 2021 Dec 12;10:21649561211058076. doi: 10.1177/21649561211058076

Table 1.

Overview of Previous Literature Investigating the Impact of Acupressure on Anxiety.

Author Year Intervention Indication Population Points Evidence level a * Effect
Mora 10 2007 Auricular acupressure Anxiety Elderly with renal calculi Relaxation point (superior lateral wall of the triangular fossa) Level 2/RCT Positive
Moradi 6 2014 Acupressure Anxiety Maternal-fetal attachment in primiparous Women Jian Jing (GB21) and Sanyinjiao (SP6) Level 2/RCT Positive
Genç 8 2015 Acupressure Chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting, and anxiety Breast cancer Neiguan (P6) Level 2/Quasi-experimental RCT Positive
Kuo 5 2016 Auricular acupressure Anxiety and fatigue Post-caesarean section women Auricular Shenmen acupoint (inferior lateral wall of the triangular fossa) Level 2/RCT Positive
Kafaei-Atrian 4 2016 Acupressure Anxiety Primary dysmenorrhea Taichong (LV3) Level 2/RCT Positive
Sharifi Rizi 7 2017 Acupressure Anxiety and pain Cancer undergoing bone marrow biopsy Hegu (LI4) and Shenmen (HT7) Level 2/RCT Positive
Abadi 9 2018 Acupressure Preoperative cesarean section anxiety Pregnant women Yintang (EX-HN 3) and Shenmen (HT7) Level 2/RCT Positive
Avisa 11 2018 Acupressure Dental anxiety Children Yintang (EX-HN 3) and auricular Shenmen acupoint (inferior lateral wall of the triangular fossa Level 2/RCT Positive
Rahmani Vasokolaei 12 2019 Acupressure Anxiety Female patients with coronary artery diseases Neiguan (P6) Level 2/RCT Positive
Yaghobi 13 2019 Acupressure Surgical anxiety Children undergoing tonsillectomy Hegu (LI4), Neiting (ST44) and Zusanli (ST36) Level 2/RCT Positive
Au 15 2015 Acupressure Anxiety from the anticipation of surgery or treatment Adult Yintang (EX-HN3) and Shenmen (HT7) Level l/Systematic review and meta-analysis Positive
Dehghanmehr 16 2017 Acupressure Anxiety Patients undergoing hemodialysis Neiguan (P6), Jian Jing (GB21), and Taichong (LV3) Level l/Review Positive
Kwon 14 2018 Acupuncture or acupressure Preoperative anxiety No limitation Yintang (EX-HN3) Level l/Preliminary review Positive

Note: RCT = Randomized Controlled Trials.

aLevels of evidence based on the Quality Rating Scheme for Studies and Other Evidence modified from the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine(OCEBM) for rating of individual studies; available online at https://www.cebm.net/2016/05/ocebm-levels-of-evidence/.