Acupressure and quality of sleep in patients with end-stage renal disease - A randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Tsay, Shiow Luan ^a   Chen, Mei Li ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupressure; ESRD; Quality of sleep

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP PATTERN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAKEFULNESS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SLEEP DISORDER; TAIWAN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037271778     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(02)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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