Nålar och tryck - funkar det? En litteraturstudie om akupunktur och akupressur som behandlingsmetod vid illamående och kräkningar

Abstract

Acupuncture and acupressure are methods of treatments with its origin in the traditional chinese medicine. Today acupuncture and acupressure are accepted as methods of treatment in Sweden. The purpose of this study is to describe how adult patients experience the effect of acupuncture and acupressure as nursing staff give as a treatment for nausea and vomiting. Two methods of treatment frequently causing nausea and vomiting are chemotherapy and surgical procedures. The theoretical framework for this study is Dorothea Orem´s nursing care theory. The method of this literature review consists of a database search, in Pubmed, among others. The results show that acupuncture and acupressure are effective as methods of treatment on nausea and vomiting, particularly in combination with Ondansetron.