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Effects of Showering in 48-72 Hours of Median Sternotomy on Wound Infection, Pain, Comfort and Satisfaction

NCT04250961 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2020-09-18

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Summary

Time of showering after surgery is still a controversial issue for surgical patients and health professionals. It has been reported that patients should not shower until sutures are removed since traditionally showering is thought to cause infections after surgery. However, not showering after surgery not only has a negative effect on patient comfort but also brings about the risk of infections.

Sternal wound infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery through median sternotomy are one of the important, life-threatening complications. For this reasons, the investigators researched the advantages and disadvantages of showering for postoperative sternal wound infections, pain due to sternotomy and patient comfort and satisfaction.

Conditions

  • Surgical Wound Infection

Interventions

OTHER

postoperative early shower

The shower group showered in 48-72 hours after median sternotomy with tap water.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pamukkale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fatma Demir Korkmaz, RN, PhD · ege university, faculty of nursing

  • Bilgin Emrecan · Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-21
Primary Completion
2017-09-30
Completion
2017-12-24

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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