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Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Korean Children Who are Obese
- Title
- Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Korean Children Who are Obese
- Authors
- Cha, Hyun Su; Park, Hyojung
- Ewha Authors
- 박효정
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 박효정
- Issue Date
- 2020
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING-NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
- ISSN
- 0882-5963
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING-NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES vol. 51, pp. E57 - E63
- Keywords
- Auricular acupressure; Obesity; Child
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
- Indexed
- SCIE; SSCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects of auricular acupresure on reducing obesity in childrenwhoare obese. Design and methods: The study design was a randomized controlled trial design. Participants aged between 9 and 11 years were 65 children who are obese, divided into the experimental group (n = 31) and control group (n = 34). The sessions continued for 8 weeks. The participants in the experimental and control groups received auricular acupressure using ear pellets (seeds) on 5 acupoints known to be either effective in obesity treatment or ineffective. Outcome measures included body image score, children's depression inventory, Rosenberg self-esteem scale, and anthropometric indices (waist circumference, hip circumference, BMI, etc.). Results: Children in the experimental group showed significant improvement in waist circumference and hip circumference after 8 weeks compared with those in the control group (p < .001). But no statistically significant difference in body image score, depression score, or self-esteem score emerged before or after auricular acupressure in the experimental and control groups. Conclusions: Auricular acupressure using ear pellets for eight weeks was effective in decreasing waist and hip circumferences in children who are obese. Practice implications: Auricular acupressure can be used as an intervention method for children to control obesity. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pedn.2019.08.016
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- 간호대학 > 간호학전공 > Journal papers
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