Open AccessPositive effects of acupressure bands combined with relaxation music/instructions on patients most at risk for chemotherapy-induced nausea
Author(s) -
Anita R. Peoples,
Eva Culakova,
Charles E. Heckler,
Michelle Shayne,
Tracey O’Connor,
Jeffrey J. Kirshner,
Peter Bushunow,
Gary R. Morrow,
Joseph A. Roscoe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
supportive care in cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.133
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1433-7339
pISSN - 0941-4355
DOI - 10.1007/s00520-019-04736-x
Subject(s) - acupressure , nausea , medicine , breast cancer , placebo , chemotherapy , anxiety , vomiting , randomized controlled trial , anesthesia , physical therapy , cancer , psychiatry , alternative medicine , pathology
Research by our group has shown that acupressure bands are efficacious in reducing chemotherapy-induced nausea (CIN) for breast cancer patients who expect nausea, and that their effectiveness in controlling CIN can largely be accounted for by patients' expectations of efficacy, i.e., a placebo effect. The present research examined if the effectiveness of acupressure bands could be enhanced by boosting patients' expectation of the bands' efficacy.