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Acupressure is one such modality that is being increasingly used by both medical and nursing professionals. While acupressure has been reported to have beneficial effects in patients with respiratory disease, the benefits to bronchiectasis patients have remained uncertain.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Design.\u2002<\/jats:bold> A randomized, partially blinded study consisting of three groups.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods.\u2002<\/jats:bold> Thirty\u2010five out\u2010patients of both genders, aged 59\u00b746\u2003SD\u200311\u00b752\u2003years, who were suffering from bronchiectasis, were randomly split into one of three groups: standard care with supplemental acupressure for eight weeks (11 participants); standard care with supplemental sham acupressure for eight weeks (11 participants); and standard care alone (13 participants). 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