Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Effect of Auricular Acupressure on Acute Pain in Nursing Home Residents with Mild Dementia: A Single-Blind, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Study

Table 3

Vital signs at three time points (T0, T1, and T2).


Variable	Group
Variable	AA group (n = 103)	Sham AA group (n = 103)

SBp (mmHg)
T0	140.06 ± 17.23	142.18 ± 15.45	0.131
T1	135.06 ± 15.06 9	142.47 ± 21.8
T2	131.44 ± 14.60	136.16 ± 17.32
DBp (mmHg)
T0	77.96 ± 11.31	78.17 ± 9.69	0.296
T1	76.17 ± 10.356	77.21 ± 9.7
T2	75.06 ± 10.28	77.84 ± 9.00
HR (beats/min)
T0	75.18 ± 10.58	72.38 ± 11.67	0.217
T1	73.52 ± 11.32	72.23 ± 11.45
T2	73.63 ± 10.07	72.60 ± 10.67
SpO₂ (%)
T0	95.81 ± 1.94	94.03 ± 1.20	0.089
T1	95.74 ± 2.11	94.72 ± 1.76
T2	95.69 ± 1.85	95.02 ± 1.48

AA: auricular acupressure, DBp: diastolic blood pressure, HR: heart rate, SBp: systolic blood pressure, SpO₂: O₂ saturation, T0: before performing the procedure, T1: at 5 min after implementing the procedure, and T2: after finishing the procedure. Based on repeated analysis of variance. No difference between groups, .