EnergyPoints is a mobile health app that guides cancer patients through evidence-based self-acupressure rituals and tracks their progress. With real-time feedback on treatment effectiveness and a large data set, let's advance cancer symptom science together.

After working with countless cancer patients on debilitating symptoms, I'm proud to introduce EnergyPoints, the mobile health app that guides cancer patients through self-acupressure tutorials and tracks their progress. With real-time feedback on treatment effectiveness and a large data set, let's advance cancer symptom science together. Please hunt us on Product Hunt now!"

@ryanjsmith That's a very interesting idea. I wonder what scientific evidence you based your development on? Is there an evidence base for the clinical effectiveness of your application?

@viktor_shpudeiko thank you for your question! A fairly recent systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by Zeng et al. (2020) aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of acupressure in relieving cancer-related fatigue. The study analyzed data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and found that acupressure significantly improved cancer-related fatigue in cancer patients. We were awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant by the National Cancer Institute (NIH). In our Phase I study, we demonstrated cancer survivors could accurately and consistently self-administer two types of acupressure protocols using EnergyPoints. They were also able to connect and monitor their EnergyPoints health data with their fitness tracker. Although a feasibility study, the findings provided a preliminary clinical signal to support the effect of the app on fatigue. Users were tired less often, and fatigue severity improved. We are in the process of writing the manuscript for our research article. Here is a link to the Systematic Review I referenced: https://journals.lww.com/cancern...

@ryanjsmith That's a very interesting idea. I wonder what scientific evidence you based your development on? Is there an evidence base for the clinical effectiveness of your application?

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Empowering patients with self-acupressure for symptom relief

Empowering patients with self-acupressure for symptom relief