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The Effect Of Acupressure On Constipation, Quality Of Life, And Depressive Symptoms In Cancer Patients With Constipation, Eun Jin Lee
University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations
Constipation is the most common gastrointestinal complaint in the United States, resulting in about 2 million annual visits to the doctor.
The purposes of this dissertation were to: 1) describe four theories of traditional Korean medicine; 2) review mechanisms of acupuncture and moxibustion and develop a conceptual model; 3) review findings from randomized controlled trials that tested the effects of acupressure used for the management of symptoms such nausea, pain, and dyspnea; 4) examine the reliability and validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) in heart failure patients with constipation compared to those with gastrointestinal disease; 5) describe how Korean …