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What is Acupressure?

Acupressure is a traditional Chinese medicine based upon the same principles as acupuncture but using physical pressure or tapping as opposed to needles.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Fibromyalgia 8 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Parkinson's Disease 3 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 3 1 Efficacy_moderate
Other 3 0
Muscle pain 3 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Nerve pain (neuralgia) 2 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 19 patients currently using Acupressure

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 7

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Acupressure (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 55%
Expense 3   Expense: 27%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 18%
Other 2   Other: 18%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 18%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 9%

See all 11 patients who’ve stopped using Acupressure

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Acupressure

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Using Acupressure

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Acupressure

Always
 6 67%
Usually
 1 11%
Sometimes
 2 22%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Acupressure

Very
 2 22%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 22%
Not at all
 5 56%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Acupressure

$200+
 1 20%
$100-199
 1 20%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 3 60%

Report created on May 27, 2012.