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Aim: The paper evaluates effectiveness and safety of acupressure (AP) in the comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation of patients with uncomplicated peptic ulcer disease (PUD). Materials and Methods: The study retrospectively assessed the effectiveness of treating 24 PUD patients, who received AP session following the author's protocol based on Houston F.M. recommendations. The statistical analysis of the results employed the algorithm for qualitative data analysis applying the MedCalc 2023 software package. We analyzed the frequency of clinical syndrome manifestations before and after treatment, calculating the interval estimate of this measure (95% confidence interval (CI)). The study formulated null and alternative statistical hypotheses applying the McNemar test to check the null hypothesis for paired samples. When evaluating the risk of AP side effects, we determined 95% CI for proportion, considering binomial distribution of the feature ("presence-absence of complications"). Results: After completing the treatment course and observing the absence of endoscopic signs of peptic gastropathy, we detected statistically significant changes in the frequency of all clinical syndrome manifestations (p-value < 0.0001, based on the McNemar test). AP rapidly and effectively alleviated the main clinical manifestations in patients with PUD. The tolerability of acupressure was good, without side effects. The study determined with 95% probability, that the risk of adverse effects did not exceed 15%. Conclusions: AP is easy to use, non-invasive adjunctive therapy and alternative medical practice during the rehabilitation stage for PUD patients. It proves to be effective, safe, and inexpensive non-pharmacological method of treatment and rehabilitation, aligning with the alternative statistical hypothesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: To assess the effectiveness and safety of acupressure in the complex rehabilitation and treatment of patients with gastroduodenal pathology. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of the results of examination and treatment of 40 patients with gastroduodenal pathology was carried out. For treatment, the author’s protocol of acupressure (AP) was used based on the recommendations of F.M. Houston. Statistical processing of the results was carried out according to the qualitative data analysis algorithm using the MedCalc 2022 software package. The frequency of occurrence of qualitative binary variables was analyzed with the calculation of 95% CI. To determine the effect of AP on the change in the frequency of clinical syndromes, the McNemar test for related groups was used. The assessment of the risk of side effects of AP was carried out on the basis of determining the significance level of 95% CI for the share, taking into account the binomial distribution of the characteristic. Formulated null and alternative statistical hypotheses. Results: After two weeks of treatment with the using of AP against the background of the disappearance of endoscopic signs of gastroduodenal pathology, statistically significant changes in the frequency of manifestations of all clinical syndromes were detected. AP not only relieves pain, but also shortens the duration of the illness, eliminates functional disorders of the motility of the upper parts of the digestive tract, allows to achieve clinical and endoscopic recovery and provides stable and long-term remission. Tolerability of AP was good. No side effects were registered. It has been proven with a probability of 95% that the risk of a side effect does not exceed 9%. Conclusions: Using of AP is effective, safe, which corresponds to the alternative statistical hypothesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]