<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">I Made Subhawa Harsa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andiani</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sulistiawati</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lilik Herawati</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hanik Badriyah Hidayati</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kuntaman</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Comparative Study of Paracetamol vs Paracetamol Plus Acupressure for Pain Relief in Diabetic Neuropathy Patients</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acupressure</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diabetic neuropathic pain</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paracetamol</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Type II diabetes mellitus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Visual analogue scale</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">June 2024</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">16</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">602-605</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background: &lt;/strong&gt;Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder that causes neuropathy. Diabetic neuropathy causes severe pain and needs therapy to relieve its pain. In Indonesia, the therapy uses paracetamol, sometimes combined with acupressure. However, the efficacy of the combination therapy needs to be better understood.&lt;strong&gt; Purpose:&lt;/strong&gt; This study aimed to elucidate the efficacy of paracetamol vs paracetamol combined with acupressure for pain relief in diabetic neuropathy patients. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and methods:&lt;/strong&gt; This study used a cross-sectional study design. Total of 70 participants were agreed to involved in this study. The patients were then interviewed, and their visual analogue scale was assessed. The data was then analysed statistically using Pearson’s correlation. &lt;strong&gt;Result:&lt;/strong&gt; Out of the 70 patients diagnosed with type II DM, 40 had Diabetic Neuropathic Pain (DNP). Shockingly, most of the patients with type II DM and DNP were females, accounting for 33 out of 40 cases (82.50%). The study found a significant correlation between the type of therapy and the decrease in VAS scores for diabetic patients with neuropathic pain (p≤0.05). Patients treated with paracetamol and acupressure showed more improvement in the VAS score than those treated with only paracetamol. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion: &lt;/strong&gt;The study suggests that the combination treatment could benefit DNP as an analgesic for type II DM patients. Advanced study is required to be performed using larger samples so that accurate data can be obtained.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">602</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I Made Subhawa Harsa&lt;sup&gt;1,2&lt;/sup&gt;, Andiani&lt;sup&gt;1,3&lt;/sup&gt;, Sulistiawati&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;* , Lilik Herawati&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;, Hanik Badriyah Hidayati&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt; , Kuntaman&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Doctoral Program of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, INDONESIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya, INDONESIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya, INDONESIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, INDONESIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, INDONESIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, INDONESIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, INDONESIA.&lt;/p&gt;
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