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Effects of Rocking on Postoperative Ileus Duration Study

NCT00494806 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2012-08-07

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Summary

Primary Objective:

1\. Compare the duration of postoperative ileus (POI) duration (time to first flatus), subjective reports of surgical and gas pain, postoperative pain medication (total milligrams per 24 hours) and postoperative recovery time(length of stay) between two groups of abdominal surgery cancer patients receiving either standard postoperative care or standard care plus the rocking intervention.

Conditions

  • Abdominal Cancer

Interventions

OTHER

Rocking Chair Intervention

Patient out of bed rocking in a rocking chair at a constant rate of one rock cycle per second (back and forth), in ten to twenty minute increments, for at least sixty minutes per day or 3600 rock cycles and ambulate at least twice per day beginning the first postoperative day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert L. Massey, RN · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-02-28
Completion
2007-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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