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Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Female College Students with Functional Constipation

이압요법이 기능성 변비를 가진 여대생의 변비 완화에 미치는 영향

  • 민주연 (이화여자대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 박효정 (이화여자대학교 간호대학)
  • Received : 2020.03.23
  • Accepted : 2020.07.03
  • Published : 2020.07.31
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Abstract

This study examined the effects of auricular acupressure on female college students with functional constipation to propose auricular acupressure as an effective and evidence-based nursing intervention. This is an experimental study designed with randomization and single-blind in a Sham-control approach. The subjects included 44 female college students with functional constipation whose symptoms met the Rome IV criteria. In this study, five different acupressure sites were applied to each group; the experimental group (n=23) received auricular acupressure on rectum, large intestine, lung, san jiao, and shenmen, whereas the Sham control group (n=21) received acupressure on ankle, helix, tooth, jaw, and external ear. The intervention was implemented once a week for a total of six weeks. After six weeks, the severity of constipation, stool form, and quality of life regarding constipation in the experimental group significantly improved compared to that of the Sham control group (p<.001). Consequently, the study showed that auricular acupressure can be used as an effective nursing intervention to alleviate constipation in female college students.

본 연구는 기능성 변비를 가진 여대생을 대상으로 이압요법을 적용하여 변비 완화에 미치는 효과를 확인하기 위해 수행되었으며, 무작위 배정, 단일 맹검, Sham 대조군 비교 설계를 이용한 실험연구이다. 로마 기준 IV의 기능성 변비에 해당하는 여대생 44명이 참여하였으며, 이압요법은 왕불류행 씨앗을 이용한 이압 스티커를 귀에 부착하고 자극하는 방법으로 1주일 단위로 6회, 즉 6주 동안 시행하였다. 처치군(n=23)에게는 변비와 관련된 귀 반응구역(점)인 직장, 대장, 폐, 삼초, 신문에, Sham 대조군(n=21)에게는 변비와 관련이 없는 귀 반응구역(점)인 발목, 이륜, 치아, 턱, 외이에 이압스티커를 부착하였다. 이압스티커 부착 부위를 하루에 3회, 한 개의 귀 반응구역(점)마다 한 번에 30초 동안, 얼얼한 느낌이 들 정도로 손으로 눌러 자극하도록 대상자를 교육하였다. 이압 스티커는 5일 후에 대상자가 스스로 제거하고 귀를 가볍게 마사지하고 2일간 쉬는 시간을 갖도록 하였다. 6주간 이압요법 적용을 통해 이압요법이 기능성 변비가 있는 여대생의 변비의 정도, 대변 형태, 변비 관련 삶의 질 향상에 효과가 있음을 확인하였다.

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