應用耳穴貼壓改善更年期症狀困擾

Improving Perimenopausal Symptoms: The Efficacy of Auricular Acupressure

本研究之目的是探討耳穴貼壓措施對改善更年期婦女症狀困擾之成效。採前後測準實驗研究設計，以隨機分配方式，樣本取自某社區，實驗組（n=27）給四周貼壓腎、內分泌、內生殖、皮質下等耳穴措施，控制組（n=27）則未給予措施。研究結果顯示實驗組症狀困擾改善程度顯著優於控制組（p<.001）。本研究驗證耳穴貼壓措施能改善更年期婦女症況困擾。

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect on perimenopausal Symptoms of auricular acupressure. Subjects were perimenopausal women and a pretest-and-posttest quasi-experimental design was used. Subjects were recruited from a Taiwan community and assigned at random into experimental and control groups. Experimental group subjects (n=27) received seed implants, which pressed on four auricular points, shen, naishengzhiq, pizhixia and neifenmi. Control group subjects (n=27) received no intervention. Result showed that the experimental group experienced better preimenopausal syndrome than the control group (p<.001). This study demonstrated the potential to improve perimenopausal Symptoms in preimenopausal women.