Effect of Abdominal Massage on Bowel Evacuation After Cranial Surgery

NCT04373772 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Mersin U
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Many factors in patients undergoing cranial surgery (CS) may affect the bowel evacuation of patients, resulting in constipation, which could lead to the use of the valsalva maneuver. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of abdominal massage (AM) on bowel evacuation of patients treated in intensive care units (ICU) after CS.

Conditions

Constipation; Abdominal Massage

Keywords

Cranial surgery; bowel evacuation; constipation; abdominal massage; nursing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Primery outcome: bowel sounds

  time return of bowel sounds

  up to 10 days

• Primery outcome: first defecation

  time of the first defecation

  up to 10 days

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• constipation risk

  up to 24 hours

Study Arms (2)

abdominal massage group

EXPERIMENTAL

the abdominal massage group received a total of 30 minutes of massage, 15 minutes every morning and evening, until the first defecation.

Other: abdominal massage

control group

NO INTERVENTION

Routine care for the control group

Interventions

abdominal massage OTHER

the patients in the AM group were given a total of 30 minutes of AM by the nurses (HD, OM) everyday for 15 minutes in the morning and evening.In this study AM, which included effleurage, strokes, petrissage and vibration techniques, was applied to the patients for 15 minutes in each session at 9:00 am and 9:00 pm.

abdominal massage group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: ≥18 years old
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• volunteered to participate in the study,
• were 18 years old or older and underwent CS,
• stayed in the ICU for ≥ 3 days,

You may not qualify if:

• have percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy,
• abdominal hernia,
• irritable bowel syndrome
• bowel cancer,
• history of abdominal surgery,
• pregnancy,

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mersin University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Constipation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: In this study, due to the nature of the intervention, only the patient was blinded. The researchers involved in the running of the study were not blinded.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate professor

Model Details: prospective, parallel, two arm (1:1), randomized controlled clinical trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 27, 2020
• First Posted: May 4, 2020
• Study Start: July 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2016
• Study Completion: February 28, 2016
• Last Updated: May 4, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-04