Acupressure for Cancer-Related Fatigue
Acupressure for Cancer-Related Fatigue
This study develops and pilot tests the efficacy of a home-based, self-administered
 acupressure intervention in improving cancer-related fatigue (proximal outcome), and physical
 functioning and other quality of life outcomes (distal outcomes) of Chinese immigrant breast
 cancer survivors (versus usual care control group).
We will enroll 124 foreign-born, Chinese-speaking women from Southern California and Maryland
 areas with moderate to severe levels of fatigue, diagnosed with stage 0-IV breast cancer,
 aged 21-74, and 1-5 years post-primary treatment. Using an adaptive treatment strategy
 design, participants will be randomized to either the acupressure intervention or control
 groups. The acupressure group will learn how to press three chief energy acupoints on each
 side of the body through de novo 11-minute Chinese-language video and practice acupressure
 every day (one minute per acupoint; a total of 6 minutes per day) for an 8-week intervention
 period. Participants will be telephone interviewed twice: at baseline and 8-weeks
 post-intervention follow-up.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  1) be between ages 21 to 74

 -  2) be first-generation immigrants

 -  3) speak Chinese (Mandarin and/or Cantonese)

 -  4) be diagnosed with breast cancer at stage 0, I, II III or IV

 -  5) have completed primary treatments (including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy)
 1-5 years prior to recruitment

 -  6) have not had recurrence

 -  7) have moderate to severe levels of fatigue.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  have hypothyroidism and anemia

 -  being using acupuncture