The Effect of Foot Reflexology on Patient Satisfaction, Pain, and Vital Signs After Abdominal Surgery

NCT05103163 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2020/2
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 156
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Reflexology practice is an effective method in pain control by stimulating the release of endorphins. The study was conducted to determine the effect of foot reflexology applied to patients undergoing abdominal surgery on pain, patient satisfaction and vital signs. The study was conducted in a randomized controlled manner. The population of the study consisted of adult patients who underwent abdominal surgery in a university hospital in Turkey. The sample consisted of 156 patients with the indicated power analysis, including the analysis 78 experimental and 78 controls. Data were collected between October 2020 and May 2021 using Personal Information Form, Numerical Pain Scale, Newcastle Nursing Care Satisfaction Scale and Vital Signs Registration Form.

Conditions

Surgery

Keywords

Abdominal Surgery; Foot Reflexology; Vital Signs; Patient Satisfaction; Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Patient Satisfaction

  It is a Likert-type scale, scored between 1 and 5, consisting of 19 questions containing patients' views of satisfaction with nursing care.

  0-30 minutes

• Pain Level

  It is a numeric scale which is based on explaining pain severity with numbers, and where 0 point means no pain and 10 points mean unbearable pain

  0.-30. minutes

• Blood pressure measurement

  Systolic blood pressure was measured with a digital sphygmomanometer (mm Hg).

  0.-30. minutes

• Blood pressure measurement

  Diastolic blood pressure was measured with a digital sphygmomanometer (mm Hg).

  0.-30. minutes

• Pulse measurement

  The patient's heart rate in 1 minute was measured.

  0.-30. minutes

• Respiratory rate measurement

  The respiratory rate of the patient in 1 minute was measured.

  0.-30. minutes

• oxygen saturation measurement

  Oxygen saturation was measured with a pulse oximeter device.

  0.-30. minutes

Study Arms (2)

Foot reflexology group

EXPERIMENTAL

Before the reflexology application, a personal information form was applied to the patients who had abdominal surgery. As a pre-test, satisfaction levels in terms of pain and nursing were evaluated. Then, vital signs (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse, respiration and saturation) were measured. Foot warming movements were started and then the warming movements were terminated by applying pressure to the solar plexus area of the left foot. Then in order; Reflexology was applied to the brain, lymphatic system, blood pressure area, lung, adrenal gland, thyroid, diaphragm, stomach and joint areas. Afterwards, relaxation movements were made for the foot, pressure was applied to the solar plexus and the reflexology application was completed within 30 minutes. Immediately after the application, vital signs were re-measured as a post-test, and the numerical pain scale and care satisfaction scale were applied again.

Other: Foot Reflexology

No treatment group

NO INTERVENTION

To the patients in the control group; Personal Information Form, Numerical Pain Scale (NPS) and Newcastle Nursing Care Satisfaction Scale (NNCSS) were applied as pre-test. After the questions were answered, NNCSS with NPS was applied again 40 minutes later as a final test, without any intervention other than the clinical protocol.

Interventions

Foot Reflexology OTHER

Reflexology application is an energy balancing system with its own pressure technique that provides recovery by rubbing the reflex (nerve endings) points, stroking and applying pressure during squeezing movements. Thanks to the pressure and massage applie

Foot reflexology group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• years of age and above who are open to communication,
• Hospitalized for at least two nights
• Defining the severity of pain as 4 and above,
• Any lesion, wound, infection, etc. that prevents the practice of standing reflexology. non,
• Not diagnosed with cancer
• Deep vein thrombosis, epilepsy, Thrombophlebitis, febrile diseases etc. without diseases,

You may not qualify if:

• Presence of any lesion, wound, infection etc. on the foot
• Presence of deep vein thrombosis
• Presence of epilepsy
• With thrombophlebitis and febrile diseases
• Those who do not volunteer to participate in the study,

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gurkan Kapikiran: lead

Study Sites (1)

Turgut Ozal Medical Center

Malatya, 44090, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction; Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior; Neurologic Manifestations; 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: Which of the patients included in the study would be in the experimental group and which would be in the control group was determined according to the randomization table determined by the web-based random assignment software (RAY). There are two columns in the table as group 1 and group 2. Which column would be in the experimental group and which would be in the control group was determined by drawing lots. As a result of the draw, it was determined that group 1 would be in the control group and group 2 would be in the experimental group. Then, group assignments were made in accordance with the randomization order determined by RAY.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 3, 2021
• First Posted: November 2, 2021
• Study Start: October 10, 2020
• Primary Completion: May 10, 2021
• Study Completion: September 25, 2021
• Last Updated: November 2, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10

Locations

TU (1)