International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 7 , Pages 798-805 , July 2010

Effectiveness of acupressure for residents of long-term care facilities with insomnia: A randomized controlled trial

  • Jia-Ling Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Yuanpei University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Mei-Sheng Sung

      Affiliations

    • General Education Center, Chunghua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Mei-Yu Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Yuanpei University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Guang-Chih Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, Lotung, I-Lan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Chin Lin

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
    • Wan-Fang Hospital, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 110, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 23776229; fax: +886 2 23772842.

Received 31 May 2009 ,Revised 29 November 2009 ,Accepted 5 December 2009.

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PII: S0020-7489(09)00395-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.12.003

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 7 , Pages 798-805 , July 2010

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