Effect of Acupressure on Postoperative Pain With Gynecologıcal Surgery

In this study, the effect of acupressure on postoperative pain level in women with abdominal gynecologıcal surgery will be studied and it will be conducted as a randomized controlled intervention study to examine the relationships with each other.The sample group will consist of 102 women, 51 in the intervention group and 51 in the control group.Within the scope of the study, the data will be collected using the 'Personal Information Form and Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire(SF-MPQ)' created by the researcher. Data will be obtained by the researcher by faceto-face interviews with women. In addition, women in the intervention group will receive acupressure once on postoperative days 0 and 1. Acupressure points related to gynecological surgery (large intestine (LI4), stomach (ST36) and spleen (SP6)) will be applied for a total of 12 minutes with 2 minutes of pressure on each point. Women in the control group will continue their routine care. Data will be evaluated with SPSS-26 package.