IRCT201206246247N8 IRCT 2012-09-15 Vice Chancellor for Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acupressure and anxiety in women with gestational diabetes Effect of acupressure on the rate and severity of anxiety in women with gestational diabetes in intervention and placebo group 2011-08-23 anticipated 60 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/6673 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Supportive, Other design features: In this study, we had a supportive care not a pharmacological intervention. The patients, as the study participants, who were hospitalized in a similar high risk obstetrical unit, were blinded to group allocation. In other words, the experimental group individuals, who received the intervention (acupressure at the P7 point), and the control or placebo group individuals, who received superficial touching at the same point, had no information regarding their allocation to different groups for controlling their anxiety. Therefore, the participating patients were blinded in this way. 2 Anxiety-Post-traumatic stress disorder. Intervention 1: The intervention in the experimental group was acupressure at the point of P7 for five minutes on each side of the body, three times a day for four consecutive days. Intervention 2: The intervention on the control or placebo group was touching instead of acupressure at the point of P7 for five minutes on each side of the body, three times a day for four consecutive days.