Effect of Acupressure on Patients\' Anxiety and Vital Sign before Abdominal Surgeries

Background & Aim: Anxiety is one of the emotional conditions among patients scheduled for surgery that can result in increasing postoperative pain, increasing analgesic and anesthetic requirements and prolonging hospital stay. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of acupressure...

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Main Authors: SH Bassampour, A Nikbakht Nasrabadi, A Mehran, Z Poresmaeil, S Valiee
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-12-01
Series:حیات
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Online Access:http://hayat.tums.ac.ir/article-1-144-en.html