Acupressure and fatigue in patients with end-stage renal disease - A randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-106

  Tsay, Shiow Luan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acupressure; ESRD; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0348110631     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(03)00079-8     Document Type: Article

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