Comparison of parental satisfaction with posttonsillectomy pain management with two methods of acupressure and pharmacological analgesics in children: A clinical trial study Pouy Somaye1, Nabi Bahram Naderi2, Yaghobi Yasaman3,* 1Master of Nursing Student-School of Nursing and Midwifery 2Associate Professor-Anesthesiology Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran 3Assistant Professor-School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran *Correspondence: Yasaman Yaghobi Assistant Professor-School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. BSc, MSc, PhD (yasamanyaghobi@gums.ac.ir)
Online published on 16 August, 2018. Abstract Background Tonsillectomy is one of usual surgeries in children population worldwide. One of the common complication after this surgery is pain and control of it is very imperative. There are many pain controlway such as pharmacologic treatments and complementary treatment. One of acceptable pain control in children is acupressure. Objective The present study aim to survey the comparison effect of acupressure with analgesic drugs on the pain and parental satisfaction after tonsillectomy in children aged 5 to 12 years old. Method In this study 144 children aged 5–12 years old were allocated into one of three groups ofcontrol, interventionsand placebo. In the intervention group, children receiveacupressure plus analgesic treatment as routine and in the placebo group, children receivesham acupressureplus analgesic treatment. In the control group just analgesic treatment provided. The acupressure was performed at three session after operation. Before and after each session amount of pain and parent satisfaction was measured. Data gathered were analyzed by SPSS 16 software with descriptive and non-parametric inferential statistical tests. Results The result of study show that the amount of pain reduction and parent satisfaction was a statistically significant at three session after operation in acupressure group (P = 0.002). Furthermore, it was found that amount of pain in the control group and the placebo group did not statistically significant (respectively: P = 0.546, P = 0.332). Conclusion The results indicated that acupressure technique is very useful on pain reduction after tonsillectomy and use of acupressure along with pharmacological drugs, will decrease the amount of analgesic requirement in children and will improve parental satisfaction with pain control of their children after operation. Top Keywords Acupressure, Postoperative pain, Tonsillectomy, Complementary medicine. Top |