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IRCT20190515043601N5 IRCT 2020-04-04 Birjand University of Medical Sciences The effect of acupressure on depression, stress, anxiety and fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis The effect of acupressure on depression, stress, anxiety and fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis 2019-11-01 anticipated 106 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/46571 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Randomization description: 106 patients who met inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to intervention and control groups using the coin toss. All the eligible patients will be included in the study from November 2019 to April 2020 (The Poisson simple random sampling). The first five patients will be allocated to the intervention (head) or control (tail) group, and the second five patients will be allocated to the other group (tails) using tossing a coin. c), Blinding description: The data analyst will be unaware of the type of intervention for each group.Pre-intervention questionnaires will be coded in the intervention group with the letter M and the control group with N. Questionnaires will be coded after intervention in intervention group with letter G and control group with H.The coding will be done by the researcher.No one other than the researcher will know about coding. 1-2 Condition 1: Stress. Condition 2: anxiety. Condition 3: depression. Condition 4: fatigue. Intervention 1: Intervention group: The participants in this study will be MS patients in Mashhad. Intervention group:53 patients will be included in the intervention group. Participants will press the HT7 and GV29 acupressure points.The intervention will be for 15 minutes each morning (5 minutes for each hand and 5 minutes for the third eye) for one month. One day after the intervention, patients will complete the DASS42 and FSS questionnaires. Intervention 2: Control group: i participantswill press 2.5 cm above shenmen and 3 cm above Yin Tang acupoints . Yes - There is a plan to make this available What will be shared: All potential data can be shared after unidentifiable participants When: Start of access period 12 months after printing results To whom: It will only be available to researchers working in academic and scientific institutions Conditions: In order to access the data, researchers can request access to the information 12 months after the results are published. Within two weeks, the information will be sent to them.It should be noted that applicants must be faculty members of the Ministry of Health. Where to obtain: Applicants can apply to the Birjand University of Medical Sciences School of Nursing and Midwifery for information. How to obtain: After verifying the identity of the applicant, the data will be submitted to the researcher within 2 weeks. Comments:
public Hossein Rahimi
Ghafari
Birjand Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9717852577 +98 56 3238 1427 Hosseinrahimi92@yahoo.com Birjand University of Medical Sciences scientific Hossein Rahimi
Ghafari
Birjand Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9717853577 +98 56 3238 1427 Hosseinrahimi92@yahoo.com Birjand University of Medical Sciences Iran (Islamic Republic of) Relapsing Remitting MS At least 6 months have passed since the diagnosis of MS Maximum age 45 years EDSS scores 1 to 4.5 no limit 45 years Both History of psychosis Addiction to narcotics, stimulants ,sedatives drugs and tobacco Acne, ulcer or skin lesions in acupressure points F43.9 F06.4 F06.31 Reaction to severe stress, unspecified Anxiety disorder due to known physiological condition Mood disorder due to known physiological condition with depressive features Treatment - Other N/A Intervention group: The participants in this study will be MS patients in Mashhad. Intervention group:53 patients will be included in the intervention group. Participants will press the HT7 and GV29 acupressure points.The intervention will be for 15 minutes each morning (5 minutes for each hand and 5 minutes for the third eye) for one month. One day after the intervention, patients will complete the DASS42 and FSS questionnaires. Control group: i participantswill press 2.5 cm above shenmen and 3 cm above Yin Tang acupoints . The level of stress in MS patients. Timepoint: Before and one day after the end of intervention. Method of measurement: Stress score from the depression, anxiety and stress scale-42. The level of anxiety in MS patients. Timepoint: Before and one day after the end of intervention. Method of measurement: Anxiety score from the depression, anxiety, stress scale-42. The level of depression in MS patients. Timepoint: Before and one day after the end of intervention. Method of measurement: Depression score from the depression, anxiety, stress scale-42. The level of fatigue in MS patients. Timepoint: Before and one day after the end of intervention. Method of measurement: Fatigue score from the Fatigue severity scale. Birjand University of Medical Sciences Approved 2019-10-14 Ethics Committee of Birjand University of Medical Sciences Central Building of Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Ghorfari Street, Birjand, South Khorasan Birjand South Khorasan Iran (Islamic Republic of)