The Effects of Korean Hand Acupressure on Postoperative Nausea-Vomiting and Retching After Thyroidectomy

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The universe of the research; patients who are planned to undergo thyroidectomy between September 1, 2020 and September 1, 2021 in the general surgery clinic where the study will be conducted will comprise the patients who meet the inclusion criteria and agree to participate in the study. The resear...

The universe of the research; patients who are planned to undergo thyroidectomy between September 1, 2020 and September 1, 2021 in the general surgery clinic where the study will be conducted will comprise the patients who meet the inclusion criteria and agree to participate in the study. The research was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study. Block randomization method will be used to determine the experimental and control groups. In order for the groups to be distributed homogeneously, the order produced by a computer program (https://www.randomizer.org/) will be used. Randomization will be done by a biostatistician outside the researcher. Patients who meet the inclusion criteria and agree to participate in the study will be assigned to the experimental and control groups according to the randomization list. Research data will be collected in a hospital's general surgery ward between 1 September 2020 - 1 September 2021. The independent variable of the study is Korean hand acupressure. The dependent variables of the study are postoperative nausea-vomiting and retching status (number and severity), pain severity (Visual Analog Scale-VAS), Rhodes nausea-vomiting and retching index score average. In the research, "Individual Characteristics Form" and "Patient Follow-up Form" prepared by the researcher in line with the literature will be used as data collection tools.

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