Effect of Acupressure on Postoperative Pain With Gynecologıcal Surgery

NCT06172439 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SBU-MDONMEZ-001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 102
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In this study, the effect of acupressure on postoperative pain level in women with abdominal gynecologıcal surgery will be studied and it will be conducted as a randomized controlled intervention study to examine the relationships with each other.The sample group will consist of 102 women, 51 in the intervention group and 51 in the control group.Within the scope of the study, the data will be collected using the 'Personal Information Form and Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ)' created by the researcher. Data will be analyzed using SPSS-26 package.

Conditions

Acupressure; Post Operative Pain; Nurse's Role

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• postoperative pain level

  Pain will be measured with the Short-Form McGill pain questionnaire (SF-MPQ) before and after the application

  7 month

Study Arms (2)

experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Women in the intervention group will receive acupressure for 12 minutes.

Other: acupressure

control group

NO INTERVENTION

Women in the control group will not receive acupressure and will continue with routine care.

Interventions

acupressure OTHER

Women in the intervention group will receive acupressure for 12 minutes.The acupressure pressure points related to the gynecologic surgery to be performed are named as the large intestine (LI4), stomach (ST36) and spleen (SP6) meridians, respectively. These points are determined by expert opinion and are used for pain control.

experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years of age or older,
• Being literate,
• To be able to understand and speak Turkish,
• No deformity or lesion in the areas where acupressure will be applied,
• Undergoing abdominal gynecologic surgery with general anesthesia,
• Any narcotic or epidural for pain control after surgery lack of analgesia
• Participation in the routine pain protocol of the clinic

You may not qualify if:

• The presence of any systemic disease that causes chronic pain,
• Receiving spinal or epidural anesthesia,
• Patients who are administered narcotic or any analgesic drug other than the routine pain protocol applied in the clinic after surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of nursing

Ankara, 06010, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (8)

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• Mehta P, Dhapte V, Kadam S, Dhapte V. Contemporary acupressure therapy: Adroit cure for painless recovery of therapeutic ailments. J Tradit Complement Med. 2016 Jul 22;7(2):251-263. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2016.06.004. eCollection 2017 Apr.

  PMID: 28417094 BACKGROUND

• Borys M, Zyzak K, Hanych A, Domagala M, Galkin P, Galaszkiewicz K, Klaput A, Wroblewski K, Miekina J, Onichimowski D, Czuczwar M. Survey of postoperative pain control in different types of hospitals: a multicenter observational study. BMC Anesthesiol. 2018 Jul 18;18(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s12871-018-0551-3.

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• Erden S, Guler S, Tura I, Basibuyuk IF, Arslan UE. Evaluating patient outcomes in postoperative pain management according to the revised American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire (APS-POQ-R). Appl Nurs Res. 2023 Oct;73:151734. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2023.151734. Epub 2023 Aug 18.

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• Mohd Nafiah NA, Chieng WK, Zainuddin AA, Chew KT, Kalok A, Abu MA, Ng BK, Mohamed Ismail NA, Nur Azurah AG. Effect of Acupressure at P6 on Nausea and Vomiting in Women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 1;19(17):10886. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710886.

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• Noll E, Shodhan S, Romeiser JL, Madariaga MC, Page C, Santangelo D, Guo X, Pryor AD, Gan TJ, Bennett-Guerrero E. Efficacy of acupressure on quality of recovery after surgery: Randomised controlled trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2019 Aug;36(8):557-565. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001001.

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• Alimoradi Z, Kazemi F, Valiani M, Gorji M. Comparing the effect of auricular acupressure and body acupressure on pain and duration of the first stage of labor: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2019 Dec 23;20(1):766. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3896-0.

  PMID: 31870458 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Interventions

Acupressure

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Postoperative Complications; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Therapy, Soft Tissue; Musculoskeletal Manipulations; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Rehabilitation

Study Officials

• Meliha Dönmez

  Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Gülşah Kök

  Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: master student

Model Details: This study is a randomized controlled intervention trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 7, 2023
• First Posted: December 15, 2023
• Study Start: June 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 30, 2023
• Study Completion: January 30, 2024
• Last Updated: June 26, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)