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Alimoradi, Z., Asgari, S., Barghamadi, S., Hajnasiri, H., Oleson, T. and Griffiths, M.D. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524,
2023.
Effect of auricular acupressure on postpartum blues: a randomized sham controlled trial.
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 52: 101762.
ISSN 1744-3881
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Abstract
Aim: To investigate the effect of auricular acupressure on the severity of postpartum blues.
Methods: A randomized sham controlled trial was conducted from February to November 2021, with 74 participants who were randomly allocated into two groups of either routine care + auricular acupressure (n = 37), or routine care + sham control (n = 37). Vacaria seeds with special non-latex adhesives were used to perform auricular acupressure on seven ear acupoints. There were two intervention sessions with an interval of five days. In the sham group, special non-latex adhesives without vacaria seeds were attached in the same acupoints as the intervention group. Severity of postpartum blues, fatigue, maternal-infant attachment, and postpartum depression were assessed.
Results: Auricular acupressure was associated with significant effect in reduction of postpartum blues on 10th and 15th days after childbirth (SMD = −2.77 and −2.15 respectively), postpartum depression on the 21st day after childbirth (SMD = −0.74), and maternal fatigue on 10th, 15th and 21st days after childbirth (SMD = −2.07, −1.30 and −1.32, respectively). Also, maternal-infant attachment was increased significantly on the 21st day after childbirth (SMD = 1.95).
Conclusion: Auricular acupressure was effective in reducing postpartum blues and depression, reducing maternal fatigue, and increasing maternal-infant attachment in the short-term after childbirth.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice | ||||||
| Creators: | Alimoradi, Z., Asgari, S., Barghamadi, S., Hajnasiri, H., Oleson, T. and Griffiths, M.D. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
| Date: | August 2023 | ||||||
| Volume: | 52 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1744-3881 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher | ||||||
| Date Added: | 17 Apr 2023 14:45 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 10 Apr 2024 03:00 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48758 |
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