Ice Popsicle for Thirst Relief of the Surgical Patient

NCT02149394 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 16707313.5.0000.5231
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 208
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of ice popsicle compared with water at room temperature in relieving thirst in the immediate postoperative period . The hypothesis of the study is that ice has 20% greater efficacy than water to relieve thirst in the immediate postoperative period.

Conditions

Thirst

Keywords

Thirst; Ice; Water; Perioperative Nursing; Recovery Room

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in the intensity of the final thirst assessment with respect to the initial thirst assessment.

  5 evaluations of thirst intensity every 15 minutes during the first hour postoperatively. Thirst intensity was measured within the range from 1 to 10 in 1.0 intervals as reported by patients when orally required "how thirsty are you now?"according to the visual analogue scale. Zero means not thirsty at all and ten the worst thirst sensation that the patient have ever had.

  1 hour

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Reaching the point of satiety over one-hour assessment presented by the experimental and control groups.

  1 hour

Study Arms (2)

Ice

EXPERIMENTAL

The concealment of allocation was performed through the use of individual opaque envelopes numbered externally in sequence, containing information of the group randomly defined. This step was carried out by a researcher who did not take part in data collection.Thirst intensity was measured within the range from 1 to 10 according to the numeric visual analogue scale.The experimental group received an ice popsicle made of 10 mL mineral water.The ice popsicles were made according to the predetermined volumes and packed in the freezer of the anesthetic recovery room at the institution researched. The block of ice was supported by a stick, allowing the patients to control the intensity of cold conferred by the ice for their comfort.

Other: Ice popsicle

Water

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The concealment of allocation was performed through the use of individual opaque envelopes numbered externally in sequence, containing information of the group randomly defined. This step was carried out by a researcher who did not take part in data collection.Thirst intensity was measured within the range from 1 to 10 according to the numeric visual analogue scale. The usual activities adopted by the nursing staff of the anesthetic recovery room were maintained for the control group that received 10 mL mineral water at room temperature in a syringe.

Other: Water at room temperature

Interventions

Ice popsicle OTHER

Patients were assessed according to the following criteria before each intervention: level of awareness; airway protection capacity; and absence of nausea and vomiting, according to the Safety Protocol for Thirst Management. The experimental group received an ice popsicle made of 10 mL mineral water. The ice popsicles were made according to the predetermined volumes and packed in the freezer of the anesthetic recovery room at the institution researched. The block of ice were supported by a stick, allowing the patients to control the intensity of cold conferred by the ice for their comfort.

Ice

Water at room temperature OTHER

Patients were assessed according to the following criteria before each intervention: level of awareness; airway protection capacity; and absence of nausea and vomiting, according to the Safety Protocol for Thirst Management. The usual activities adopted by the nursing staff of the anesthetic recovery room were maintained for the control group that received 10 mL mineral water at room temperature in a syringe.

Water

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• aged between 18 and 65 years;
• undergoing more than eight-hour preoperative fasting;
• expressing thirst spontaneously or stimulated with intensity greater than or equal to three according to the numeric visual analogue scale;
• receiving opioids or anticholinergics during surgery;
• duration of anesthesia exceeding one hour;
• having been approved in the assessment by the Safety Protocol of Thirst Management;
• signing the informed consent during the preoperative period.

You may not qualify if:

• patients who had intake or swallowing restrictions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade Estadual de Londrina: lead

Study Sites (1)

University hospital - State University of Londrina

Londrina, Paraná, 86038-440, Brazil

Location

Study Officials

• Marilia F Conchon

  Universidade Estadual de Londrina

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ligia F Fonseca, PhD

  Universidade Estadual de Londrina

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Master of science degree in nursing

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 17, 2014
• First Posted: May 29, 2014
• Study Start: August 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2013
• Study Completion: December 1, 2013
• Last Updated: May 29, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-05

Locations

BR (1)