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Surgical Research and New Technique ›› 2018, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (2): 143-145.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-378X.2018.02.016

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Nursing intervention using auricular thumbtack needle buried for perioperative anxiety of patients undergoing breast cancer surgery

LI Yanling1, LIU Peirong1, ZHUANG Juhua2, LU Weihua1, PENG Sheng1   

  1. 1.Department of Anesthesiology, Seventh People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200137, China;
    2.Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seventh People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200137, China
  • Received:2018-01-23 Online:2018-06-28 Published:2019-12-10

Abstract: Objective To observe the effect of auricular acupuncture with thumbtack needle on perioperative anxiety in breast cancer patients.Methods One hundred patients undergoing breast cancer surgery were randomly divided into two groups: treatment group (group T) and control group (group C), 50 patients in each group.The two groups of patients were given the same anesthesia and surgery.One day before surgery, the patients in the group T were treated with auricular acupuncture at Shenmen acupoint, Endocrine acupoint, and Epicardy acupoint with thumbtack needle, while the patients in the group C were treated with fake patch with no needles in the same position.Anxiety scores of the two groups were compared.Results Compared with the group C, the anxiety scores of the group T were reduced at the time entering operation room and 3 days after operation (P<0.05).Conclusion The nursing intervention of auricular acupuncture at Shenmen acupoint,Endocrine acupoint, and Epicardy acupoint with thumbtack needles can relieve perioperative anxiety in breast cancer patients.

Key words: Auricular point, Thumbtack needle buried, Anxiety, Breast cancer, Nursing intervention

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