Auricular Point Acupressure Combined with Compound Lidocaine Cream to Manage Arteriovenous Fistula Puncture Pain: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 5
Comparison of comfort before and after intervention ().
PHC
PSC
SC
EC
Total
Control
Before
15.67 ± 3.86
22.38 ± 4.90
18.44 ± 5.73
13.56 ± 4.47
69.67 ± 8.26
After
14.46 ± 2.84
23.67 ± 6.35
16.44 ± 5.71
15.56 ± 3.56
68.46 ± 7.89
CLC
Before
16.03 ± 2.36
22.26 ± 2.00
18.19 ± 3.70
13.36 ± 2.94
68.63 ± 7.20
After
18.68 ± 3.23
25.27 ± 4.34
19.31 ± 3.26
14.27 ± 2.03
71.67 ± 8.89
APA
Before
14.33 ± 4.25
21.12 ± 3.78
17.58 ± 4.75
13.58 ± 2.56
67.99 ± 9.26
After
22.67 ± 1.86
28.55 ± 4.57
19.40 ± 5.78
15.02 ± 3.36
82.07 ± 10.39
APA + CLC
Before
14.46 ± 4.49
22.30 ± 4.55
17.83 ± 5.76
14.02 ± 5.01
67.59 ± 4.60
After
29.66 ± 6.80
32.83 ± 7.48
18.77 ± 4.38
16.66 ± 3.12
93.99 ± 7.86
Fa
Before
1.493
0.683
0.170
0.154
0.435
After
73.549
14.450
2.413
3.207
51.308
Before
0.220
0.564
0.916
0.927
0.728
After
<0.001
<0.001
0.070
0.026
<0.001
CLC = compound lidocaine cream; APA = auricular point acupressure; PHC = physiological comfort; PSC = psychological comfort; SC = social comfort; EC = environmental comfort. ,, and .Before represents the preintervention comparison among the 4 groups; Post represents the postintervention comparison among the 4 groups; indicates comparison between any two groups by Least Significant Difference; compared with APA and CLC by Least Significant Difference pairwise comparison. aSingle factor analysis of variance.
