The Effect of Acupressure on the Sleep Quality and Daytime Sleepiness

Exclusion Criteria

• •The experimental group criteria not to be included in the study;
• •Do not care for COVID-19 patients during the research,
• •Do not work in surgery services before the pandemic,
• •Do not agree to participate in the study,
• •Having physical problems that prevent acupressure application to HT7 (wrist) and SP6 (over four fingers of the ankle) points,
• •Diagnosed with sleep disorder and receiving medical treatment,
• •Using drugs that cause sleep problems (antidepressants, analgesics, beta-adrenoreceptor antagonists, dopamine agonists, etc.),
• •Addicted to coffee, cigarette, and alcohol,
• •With mental illness,
• •Working more than three-night shifts a week,
• •Working on a fixed day shift.
• •The control group criteria not to be included in the study;
• •Do not care for COVID-19 patients during the research,
• •Do not work in surgery services before the pandemic,
• •Do not agree to participate in the study,
• •Having physical problems that prevent acupressure application to points 1.5 cm away from HT7 (wrist) and SP6 (4 fingers above the ankle) points,
• •Diagnosed with sleep disorder and receiving medical treatment,
• •Using drugs that cause sleep problems (antidepressants, analgesics, beta adrenoreceptor antagonists, dopamine agonists, etc.),
• •Addicted to coffee, cigarette, and alcohol,
• •With mental illness,
• •Working more than three-night shifts a week,
• •Working on a fixed day shift.