Clinical application of ear point embedding beans combined with acupoint pressing in prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with hematologic malignancies
10.3760/cma.j.cn115356-20231215-00106
- VernacularTitle:耳穴埋豆联合穴位按压在防治血液肿瘤患者化疗所致恶心呕吐中的临床应用
- Author:
Jinying KE
1
;
Chunrong CHEN
;
Ling CHEN
;
Yanfang LIN
Author Information
1. 福建医科大学附属协和医院血液科护理病房，福州 350001
- Keywords:
Hematologic neoplasms;
Drug therapy;
Nausea;
Vomiting;
Acupoint pressing;
Ear point embedding beans
- From:
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma
2024;33(11):671-676
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the effect of ear point embedding beans combined with acupoint pressing in the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in patients with hematologic malignancies.Methods:A prospective case series study was conducted. Two hundred patients with hematological tumors who underwent chemotherapy at Fujian Medical University Affiliated Union Hospital from October 2022 to August 2023 were divided into experimental group and control group using the random number table method, with 100 patients in each group. Both groups of patients received chemotherapy with high emetic risk drugs and received routine antiemetic treatment and nursing care with tropisetron hydrochloride. The experimental group added ear point embedding beans and acupoint pressing. The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) antiemesis tool (MAT) scale was used to evaluate the acute (within 24 hours after the start of chemotherapy, for 3 d) and delayed (24 hours after the end of chemotherapy, for 4 d) CINV status of patients, and the two groups were compared.Results:The final experimental group included 99 cases, while the control group included 90 cases. The age of 189 patients was (38±12) years old; there were 116 males (61.38%) and 73 females (38.62%). There were no statistically significant differences in sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, etc.), disease type, and gastrointestinal disease history distributions between the two groups (all P>0.05). The incidence of acute nausea [81.81% (81/99) vs. 94.44% (85/90)] and delayed nausea [45.45% (45/99) vs. 78.89% (71/90)] in the experimental group were lower than those in the control group, the delayed MASCC-MAT scale nausea score [ M ( Q1, Q3)] was lower than that in the control group [0 point (0 point, 4 points) vs. 3 points (1 point, 4 points)], and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.01); there was no statistically significant difference in the acute nausea score between the experimental group and the control group [5 points (2 points, 5 points) vs. 5 points (3 points, 5 points)] ( P = 0.080). The incidence of delayed vomiting in the experimental group [25.25% (25/99) vs. 45.56% (41/90)] and the frequency of vomiting [0 time (0 time, 1 time) vs. 0 time (0 time, 2 times)] were lower than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (both P<0.01); there was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of acute vomiting between the experimental group and the control group [48.48% (48/99) vs. 61.11% (55/90)] and the frequency of vomiting [0 time (0 time, 3 times) vs. 1 time (0 time, 3 times)] (both P>0.05). Conclusions:Ear point embedding beans combined with acupoint pressing can effectively alleviate delayed CINV in patients with hematologic malignancies, and to some extent reduce the incidence of acute nausea.
