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.
Infertility can lead to the realization of follicular puncture or oocytes in order to obtain an embryo for medically assisted procreation. It is a long treatment for the couples concerned and this intervention, relatively simple in young patients, is associated with a very high level of anxiety. According to studies, the incidence of preoperative anxiety ranges from 11% to 80% in adult patients. In patients undergoing outpatient surgery, anxiolytics are not administered before anesthesia in outpatient surgery, as this would risk altering their "fitness for the street" and preventing their return home. Studies have shown a benefit of acupressing in the treatment of preoperative anxiety. This technique could therefore be an alternative to drug anxiety before surgery. Acupressing could also help these patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
82
Acupuncture with placement of 4 vaccaria seeds covered with stickers on the ears and 2 on the wrists.
with stickers only on the points, and the points should not be massaged.
Foch Hospital
Suresnes, France
Anxiety assessement using State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire between baseline and 45 minutes after treatment.
Anxiety assessed by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire. It consists of an auto-administered test of 20 items evaluating each item from 0 to 3 on the Likert scale (0= almost never, 1 = sometimes, 2 = often, 3 = almost always). The primary endpoint is the absolute difference in the state anxiety score measured between the baseline measurement and the measurement 45 minutes after treatment.
Time frame: Baseline to 45 minutes after treatment
Absolute difference measurement between the baseline and the immediate preoperative measurement
Anxiety score measured by numeric scale (0-10). 0 corresponding to no anxiety and 10 more anxiety
Time frame: between baseline to the immediate preoperative measurement
Absolute difference measurement between inclusion and when leaving the recovery room
Anxiety score measured by numeric scale (0-10). 0 corresponding to no anxiety and 10 more anxiety
Time frame: before procedure to time when leaving the recovery room (up to 2 hours)
Absolute difference measurement between baseline and day 1
Anxiety score measured by numeric scale (0-10). 0 corresponding to no anxiety and 10 more anxiety
Time frame: up 24 hours after treatment
Pain score measured by numeric scale when leaving the recovery room
Pain score measured by numeric scale (0-10). 0 corresponding to no pain and 10 more pain
Time frame: When leaving the recovery room (up to 2 hours)
Postoperative nausea and vomiting occurring
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Proportion of patients declaring postoperative nausea and vomiting occurring during the stay in the recovery room
Time frame: In the recovery room (up to 2 hours)
Postoperative retention of urine
Proportion of patients declaring retention of urine or the need for catheterization for absence or delay in urination occurring during the stay in the recovery room
Time frame: In the recovery room (up to 2 hours)
Tolerance of acupressing treatment
The presence or absence of pain and discomfort in the recovery room attributed to the treatment of acupuncture by the patient
Time frame: In the recovery room (up to 2 hours)
Satisfaction questionnaire
Proportion of patients answering yes to the question "if you had to do it again, would you choose the same technique?" " when leaving the recovery room
Time frame: In the recovery room (up to 2 hours)
Quality of sleep measurement
Quality of sleep measured using the SPIEGEL questionnaire the day after treatment.
Time frame: up 24 hours after treatment