Effect of Abdominal Massage on Bowel Evacuation After Cranial Surgery

NCT ID: NCT04373772

Last Updated: 2020-05-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-07-01
• Study Completion Date: 2016-02-28

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.

Detailed Description

The sample of this prospective parallel two-arm randomized controlled trial included 80 patients who underwent CS. The patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to the AM and control groups. The constipation risk of all the patients following CS was assessed with Constipation Risk Assessment Scale (CRAS). Those patients in the AM group received a total of 30 minutes of massage, 15 minutes every morning and evening, until the first defecation. The bowel sounds of all the patients in the AM and control groups were assessed on a daily basis. The days when bowel sounds were heard and the first defecation took place were recorded in a Bowel Evacuation Form.

Conditions

Constipation; Abdominal Massage

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

abdominal massage group

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

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

abdominal massage

Intervention Type: 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.

control group

Routine care for the control group

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

abdominal massage

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Mersin University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Gulay ALTUN UGRAS

Associate professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

Mersin U

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id