The Effect of Acupressure Wristbands Toward Acute Nausea and Vomiting on Post-Chemotherapy Cervix Cancer Patient in Prof. Dr. Margono Soekarjo Hospital Purwokerto
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- 10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.008How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- acupressure wristbands, acute vomiting, chemotherapy, cervical cancer
- Abstract
The most serious side effects of chemotherapy are nausea and vomiting. Through the provision of non-invasive pressure on the P6 point using an acupressure wristbands, the effect of nausea and vomiting can be reduced. This study aims to describe the effect of the use of acupressure wristbands on acute nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy in patients with cervical cancer at prof. dr. Margono Soekarjo hospital Purwokerto. The research used a quasy experiment design with pre-post test with control group design. The samples were cervical cancer patients who underwent chemotherapy consisting of 40 respondents divided into an experimental group of 20 respondents and a control group of 20 respondents. The Rhodes INVR questionnaire was used to measure acute nausea and vomiting. The measurement was done 12 hours after chemotherapy. Bivariate analyses used were Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney tests (α = 0.05). The result showed that there was a decrease in the average score of acute nausea and vomitting before and after the treatment in experimental group by 0.75 with a significance value of 0.000 (p <0.05), and there was a difference in the mean score (8.75) of acute vomiting after the treatment between experimental and control groups with a significance value of 0.018 (p <0.05). The conclusion is that the use of acupressure wristbands has a significant effect on reducing acute nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy in cervical cancer patients
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TY - CONF AU - Efita Yulianasari AU - Siti Haniyah AU - Indri Heri Susanti PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/10 TI - The Effect of Acupressure Wristbands Toward Acute Nausea and Vomiting on Post-Chemotherapy Cervix Cancer Patient in Prof. Dr. Margono Soekarjo Hospital Purwokerto BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Community Health (ICCH 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 30 EP - 35 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.008 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.008 ID - Yulianasari2020 ER -