CompletedNot Applicable

Use of Acupressing in Reproductive Medicine

France82 participantsStarted 2023-02-09

Plain-language summary

The objective of this preliminary study is therefore to assess the feasibility, safety and reduction of perioperative anxiety thanks to acupressing. In addition, patients undergoing oocyte retrieval often present postoperatively with nausea, abdominal pain and discomfort. Acupuncture could also help these patients.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 18 years old * Scheduled to undergo an oocyte retrieval in outpatient surgery * Anxiety score ≥ 3 when they arrived in the outpatient unit * Subject is willing and able to provide informed consent * Covered by a national healthcare insurance Non-Inclusion Criteria: * Ear's pavilion infection * Wrist infection * Previous treatment with auriculotherapy or acupuncture * With a planned intervention that does not allow the delay of 45 min delay (+/- 15 min) between the acupuncture treatment and the STAI assessment * Being deprived of liberty or under guardianship Exclusion criteria * Patient having recourse to any treatment or method of anxiolysis the morning of the procedure, after having given her consent * Patient wishing to withdraw from the study

What they're measuring

Anxiety assessement using State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire between baseline and 45 minutes after treatment.

Timeframe: Baseline to 45 minutes after treatment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05815121

SponsorHopital Foch

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-03-11

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