Effects of self-acupressure on the fatigue-sleep disturbance-depression symptom cluster in breast cancer survivors: a phase III randomised controlled trial
Mengyuan Li, Wai Hang Kwok, Tao Wang, Renli Deng, Haiying Wang, Liqun Yao, Linda Deravin, Li Yang, Xiaojing Tian, Jing-Yu Benjamin Tan · 2026
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Mengyuan Li and co-authors run a clinical trial of self-acupressure for breast cancer survivors who face a linked trio of troubles: fatigue, poor sleep, and low mood. These symptoms often arrive together and feed each other. Their 2026 trial tests whether pressing set points on one's own body, a method drawn from Chinese medicine, can ease the whole cluster at once.
Survivors were split at random into three groups of 36: true self-acupressure, a sham version, and usual care. Scores for each symptom and for the cluster were taken at the start, right after the seven-week program, and again at week nineteen, along with quality of life and costs. Ninety-three people finished the study. The authors report clear group-by-time patterns across all outcomes, and they weigh the method's safety and cost beside its effects.
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| CREATOR | Mengyuan Li, Wai Hang Kwok, Tao Wang, Renli Deng, Haiying Wang, Liqun Yao, Linda Deravin, Li Yang, Xiaojing Tian, Jing-Yu Benjamin Tan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |