J Korean Acad Nurs.  2016 Apr;46(2):249-259. 10.4040/jkan.2016.46.2.249.

Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Obesity in Women with Abdominal Obesity

• Cha HS
• Park H

• KMID: 2413155
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2016.46.2.249

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of auricular acupressure on reducing obesity in adult women with abdominal obesity.
METHODS
The study design was a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Participants were 58 women, aged 20 years or older, assigned to the experimental group (n=30) or control group (n=28). Auricular acupressure using vaccaria seeds was administered to the experimental group. The sessions continued for 8 weeks. Outcome measures included body weight, abdominal circumference, and body mass index, body fat mass, body fat percentage, triglyceride, total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and serum glucose.
RESULTS
Women in the experimental group showed significant decreases in body weight (t=6.19, p <.001), abdominal circumference (t=4.01, p <.001), and body mass index (t=2.58, p =.006) after 8 weeks compared with those in the control group.
CONCLUSION
Results show that auricular acupressure using vaccaria seeds was effective in decreasing body weight, abdominal circumference, body mass index, and triglyceride levels in adult women with abdominal obesity.

Keyword

Auriculotherapy; Obesity; Adult; Women

MeSH Terms

Adult
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Communication Barriers
Cultural Characteristics
Electronic Health Records
Emigrants and Immigrants/*psychology
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Middle Aged
Nursing Staff, Hospital/*psychology
Qualitative Research
Republic of Korea
Stress, Psychological
United States

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  Figure 1 Auricular acupressure protocol.

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