فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Introduction & Objective: Acupressure can be used as a adaptation strategy for stress control. The aimof this research is the assessment of acupressure effects on anxity in patients before amputation.Materials & Methods: The sample of this clinical trial study, was 42 patients, the number of 21patients in control group and 21 patients in case group. Data collection instrument had 3 parts. Part 1 wasrelated to demographic characteristic; part 2 was eshpilburger anxity questionnaire and part 3 was vital signschecklist.Results: Results showed that acupressure affected on anxity in samples, it has controlled the BloodPressure and Pulse Rate before operation. The changes in vital signs changes related to anxity.Conclusions: Results of comparison between 2 groups shows that acupressure affected on anxity beforeamputation, so we suggest the usages of this method for patients’ preparation before operation.