الفهرس 
Effect of acupressure on preoperative cesarean section anxiety
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Abstract
Background: Control of preoperative anxiety especially before cesarean section, is one of the most important goals of nursing care around the world. Aim of study : To determine the effect of acupressure on preoperative cesarean section anxiety. Methods: Forty primiparae undergoing elective cesarean section surgery, were selected from El Galaa Teaching hospital, Cairo, Egypt, their age ranged from 20- 35 years, and BMI was less than 30 kg/m2. They were divided randomly into two groups equal in number , (group A) Study group, consisted of twenty women who received acupressure in two points (HE7 and Yintang) for 5 minutes each , 30 minutes before surgery and (group B) control group, consisted of twenty women who received acupressure in two ineffective points (sham points) for 5 minutes each , 30 minutes before surgery. All women on both groups (A &B) were assessed pre and post treatment through assessing their vital signs : heart rate , and blood pressure to indicate the state of a patient’s vital signs.Also , the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (questionnaire) for measuring the circumstantial or temporary arousal of anxiety. Results: There was no statistical significant difference in heart rate between the pretreatment values compared to post treatment values in both groups (A&B) ,no significant difference between both groups (A&B) when comparing heart rate post treatment values , while for systolic and diastolic blood pressure in group (A) there was a statistical significant decrease in post treatment values compared with pretreatment values, while there was no statistical significant difference between the pretreatment and post treatment values in group (B)