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Foot Reflexology to Reduce Pain and Anxiety Before Chest Tube Removal

NCT05032469 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2023-07-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In open heart surgeries, patients experience severe pain due to tissue trauma, damage to intercostal nerves, and muscle spasm due to pulling tubes from the mediastinal space and between the pleural leaves pull during chet tube removal (CTR). When acute pain is not relieved, the patient develops emotional, psychological (eg post-traumatic stress disorder) and physical problems (eg chronic pain) after surgery. Since this situation negatively affects the healing process, it increases the anxiety level of the patients and decreases the comfort level. Reflexology is one of the non-pharmacological methods used in the management of pain and anxiety after open heart surgery The aim of this randomized controlled study was to identify the effect of foot reflexology applied before chest tube removal process on pain and anxiety level. This study will be done a randomized-controlled trial to test the intervention.

Conditions

  • Chest Tube Removal
  • Heart; Surgery, Heart, Functional Disturbance as Result
  • Pain
  • Anxiety

Interventions

OTHER

Reflexology

Reflexology is a method that creates nervous, hormonal and energetic effects in the body using pressure, rubbing and stretching applied with special hand and finger techniques to reflex points corresponding to all parts, organs and systems of the body in the ears, hands and feet

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gazi University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Baskent University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elif BUDAK ERTÜRK, MsN,RN, PhD · Başkent University, Faculty of Health Science, Department of Nursing

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-30
Primary Completion
2020-07-30
Completion
2020-11-25

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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