Table 1.
Overview of Previous Literature Investigating the Impact of Acupressure on Anxiety.
Author | Year | Intervention | Indication | Population | Points | Evidence level a * | Effect |
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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/.