Application of Kaitianmen acupoint massage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
10.3760/cma.j.cn211501-20240417-00939
- VernacularTitle:开天门穴位按摩在类风湿关节炎患者中的应用
- Author:
Yahui CHENG
1
;
Chunhua YAN
;
Fangfang HU
;
Xinguo FAN
;
Wenling CHU
;
Caihong ZHANG
;
Chunjie WANG
Author Information
1. 上海市光华中西医结合医院关节内一科，上海 200052
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Open Tianmen;
Point massage;
Rheumatoid arthritis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2025;41(2):96-102
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the application effect of Kaitianmen point massage on pain, faligue, anxiety and depression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Methods:This study was a randomized controlled study, a total of 80 patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were admitted to Shanghai Guanghua Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine from May to November 2023 were selected as the research objects. The control group was given routine treatment and nursing, and the experimental group was given Kaitianmen acupoint massage on the basis of routine treatment and nursing. The differences in pain score, fatigue score, anxiety and depression score before and after intervention were compared between the two groups.Results:In the final, there were 37 cases in the experimental group and 36 cases in the control group completed the study. Before intervention, there was no statistically significant difference in pain scores, fatigue scores, anxiety and depression scores between the two groups (all P>0.05). After four weeks of intervention, the pain score of the experimental group was (2.06 ± 0.35), and that of the control group was (3.72 ± 0.59), the difference was statistically significant ( t=14.57, P<0.05). After four weeks of intervention, the fatigue score of the experimental group was (20.11 ± 8.03), and that of the control group was (25.02 ± 8.32), the difference was statistically significant ( t=2.55, P<0.05). After four weeks of intervention, the anxiety score of the experimental group was (48.33 ± 6.13), which was significantly different from (53.99 ± 4.91) of the control group ( t=4.35, P<0.05), and the depression score of the experimental group was (49.99 ± 6.33), compared with the (54.86 ± 4.83) of control group, the difference was statistically significant ( t=3.69, P<0.05). Conclusions:Kaitianmen acupoint massage can relieve limb pain, fatigue, anxiety and depression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, which is worthy of clinical promotion.
