Effects of nursing intervention of auricular point kneading on pain of patients catheterized through ultrasound-guided PICC

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of auricular point kneading on pain control of patients during ultrasound-guided PICC, and to provide reference for seeking simple and safe pain nursing measures for clinical patients. Methods One hundred and ninety-six patients, to be treated with chemotherapy and catheterized through ultrasound-guided PICC from June to December 2016 in Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, were selected and randomly divided into control group with 93 cases, and intervention group with 91 cases. Patients in the control group received routine care, besides which, patients in the intervention group were intervened by auricular point kneading, a method in traditional Chinese medicine. Blood pressure, heart rate and pain scores were compared between patients in the two groups. Results During PICC catheter placement, blood pressure, heart rate and pain scores at different time points of patients who received nursing intervention of auricular point kneading were lower than those in the control group (P<0.05) . Conclusions Nursing intervention of auricular point kneading, as a method in traditional Chinese medicine, can relieve the patients' pain during cathetering PICC and stabilize their physiological indicators, which makes it worth promoting in clinical application. Key words: Auricular point kneading; Ultrasound; Catheterizing by PICC; Pain effect