U.S., Dec. 12 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07277725) titled 'Acupressure and Sleep Quality in Elderly Care' on Nov. 29.
Brief Summary: This study was carried out in a prospective randomized controlled experimental design in order to evaluate the effect of acupressure on sleep quality and day sleepiness in individuals living in an elderly care center. The study sample consisted of 75 elderly individuals, 38 in experimental and 37 in control groups, who met the inclusion criteria, living in three different care institutions in Duzce. The data were collected using the Elderly Information Form, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Twelve sessions of a...