Research Article

Effect of Auricular Acupressure on Uremic Pruritus in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline participant characteristics.

VariableControl group ()Intervention group ()

Gender
 Female, (%)11 (36.7)13 (40.6)
Age, mean (SD)54.00 ± 8.69056.63 ± 7.088
Duration of hemodialysis, months, Md (Q1, Q3)48.00 (20.50, 72.50)27.50 (13.00, 75.00)
BMI23.08 ± 1.28622.96 ± 1.300
Kt/V1.842 ± 0.023941.835 ± 0.02258
URR71.44 ± 2.35672.83 ± 3.304
Primary disease diagnosis
 Chronic glomerulonephritis15   5017   53.1
 Diabetic nephropathy7   23.38   25
 Hypertensive nephropathy 5   16.75   15.6
 Other primary diseases3   102   6.3
Visual analogue scale5.600 ± 2.1275.750 ± 2.032
Calcium (mmol/L)2.386 ± 0.30832.479 ± 0.3523
Phosphorus (mmol/L)2.246 ± 0.66252.134 ± 0.5149
PTH (pg/L) Md (Q1, Q3)239.0 (98.90, 435.5)189.0 (92.90, 339.0)
Histamine (ng/mL) Md (Q1, Q3)1.363 (0.524, 2.457)0.897 (0.250, 2.349)
Substance P (pg/mL) Md (Q1, Q3)10.81 (4.336, 22.59)10.79 (5.094, 16.23)
PAR-2 (ng/mL) Md (Q1, Q3)1.748 (0.828, 3.638)1.927 (0.860, 3.884)
Tryptase (pg/mL) Md (Q1, Q3)306.2 (148.7, 442.5)371.1 (204.8, 524.0)

Md: median, Q1: 25% percentile, and Q3: 75% percentile.
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