RT - Journal Article T1 - The Effect of Acupressure on the Fatigue of Patients with Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial JF - nmj YR - 2013 JO - nmj VO - 10 IS - 0 UR - http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-423-en.html SP - 36 EP - 46 K1 - Cancer K1 - Fatigue K1 - Acupressure AB -   Background and Objective: The Fatigue related to cancer is one of the common problems of both patients and care-givers. Nowadays, acupressure as a complementary medicine has become more common in patients with cancer for balancing and improving body energy. This study aimed to assess the effect of acupressure on the fatigue of patients with cancer.   Material and Methods: This blinded- randomized clinical trial was conducted on 85 patients with cancer in hematology ward of Beheshti hospital of Hamadan. The subjects were located in three groups of intervention, sham and control. First, the fatigue level was measured by Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) as a baseline. Then, real acupressure in intervention group and unreal acupressure in sham group was performed for 10 days and only routine cares were given in control group. The fatigue amount was measured on the fifth and tenth days. The Data was analyzed by SPSS software version 16, using paired T- test and repeated measurements.     Results: Acupressure was effective on the fatigue of patients with cancer (p LA eng UL http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-423-en.html M3 ER -