Akupresur Mengurangi Mual dan Muntah Pada Anak Yang Menjalani Kemoterapi

Abstract

Cancer patients assess nausea is the most unpleasant side effect of chemotherapy, although the provision of

antiemetic therapy has been given intensively. Nearly 70% of adult patients and 58% of school-age children

and adolescents receive highly emetogenic chemotherapy agents, as a result of which patients complain of

nausea (Ryan, 2010). Acupressure is one of the alternatives to effective interventions to reduce complaints

of nausea and vomiting. Acupressure is also a non-invasive intervention and is relatively difficult to do (Lee

& Frazier, 2011). This EBN application aims to achieve quality nursing care through comprehensive nursing

interventions and improve nursing services that pay attention to the principles of atraic care in children

undergoing chemotherapy by minimizing complaints of nausea and vomiting. Research methods with

systematic reviews. The result of this EBN application is the effectiveness of acupressure in reducing nausea

and vomiting in children undergoing chemotherapy.