The Effect of Heat Therapy on Shoulder Pain and Physiologic Parameters After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
NCT ID: NCT05149612
Last Updated: 2021-12-08
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
84 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-07-06
2022-07-31
Brief Summary
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The hypothesis of the study: To see the effect of hot application and its effect on physiological parameters after hot application in individuals who have undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
The population of the study will consist of patients who were admitted to the OMU SUVAM General Surgery Service and underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
The sample of the study will consist of individuals who have undergone 84 laparoscopic cholecystectomy operations, who agreed to participate in the study, and who met the criteria for inclusion in the study, between the specified dates.
The sample size of the study was determined in the G\*Power 3.1.9.4 program by considering Cohen's standard effect sizes. Effect size was calculated based on 0.25, Type I error 0.05, Type II error 0.20 (80% power) and 38 patients were calculated for each group, but considering data loss, it was aimed to reach 10% more, with 42 patients for each group and 84 patients in total.
Which group the individuals in the sample group would be in was determined by randomization, and a randomization table was created over two groups.
In the study, data will be collected using the Patient Information Form, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Physiological Parameter Form.
The patients in the intervention group will be treated with hot water bags twice, for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening, to the shoulder area, starting four hours after the operation, until the patient is discharged.
When the individuals in the control group have pain, analgesic drug treatment will be applied at the request of the physician, and no other intervention will be applied.
Detailed Description
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One of the techniques commonly used to reduce or relieve pain among peripheral techniques is hot application. Hot application activates the gate control mechanism, stimulates tactile receptors, removes metabolic wastes, increases the release of endorphins, reduces muscle spasms as a result of the change in viscoelastic properties in tissues, reduces pressure, tension and hypoxia in nerve endings, raises the pain threshold, provides sedation and relaxes the individual. it reduces or relieves pain (Ibrahim and Ali 2020; Perry et al. 2017). In order to benefit from the therapeutic effect of hot application, the application time should not exceed 30 minutes. If the application period lasts more than 35-40 minutes, congestion occurs in the tissue, and in hot applications lasting more than one hour, vasoconstriction may occur instead of vasodilation, and the opposite of the desired effect may occur. In hot application, the temperature is as important as the time. Although there is no evidence-based guideline for hot applications, the temperature should be 40-45ºC.
It is recommended that hot application at these temperatures has a therapeutic effect by giving heat to the skin (Ibrahim and Ali 2020; Türkmen 2017). In addition, it has an important place in nursing practices as one of the preferred nursing interventions in the non-pharmacological treatment of pain due to its ease of use, high level of patient satisfaction and rare side effects (Mohamed 2016; Perry et al. 2017).
Although there are studies in the literature in which different non-pharmacological nursing interventions have been applied to manage the shoulder pain experienced by individuals after cholecystectomy, no study has been found in which warm application has been made. Therefore, this study was planned to examine the effect of hot application applied to patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy on shoulder pain and physiological parameters.
This study was planned to determine the effect of hot application applied to patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy on shoulder pain and physiological parameters.
The hypotheses of the study:
H01: Warm application applied after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is not effective in reducing shoulder pain experienced by individuals.
H11: Warm application applied after laparoscopic cholecystectomy reduces the shoulder pain experienced by individuals.
H02: Warm application applied after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is not effective in maintaining the physiological parameters of individuals within normal limits.
H12: Warm application applied after laparoscopic cholecystectomy ensures that the physiological parameters of the patients are maintained within normal limits.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Heat Therapy Group
The patients in the intervention group will be treated with hot water bags twice, for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening, to the shoulder area, starting four hours after the operation, until the patient is discharged.
Heat Therapy
Patients in the intervention group will be treated with hot water bags twice, 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening, starting four hours after the operation until discharge. In accordance with the literature, the water bag filled with 55 ± 2°C hot water will be wrapped with 2 towels. The water bag will be applied to the shoulder area while the patient is in the fawler or semi-fawler position. After 20 minutes, the hot application will be terminated. Pain and physiological parameters of the patients will be evaluated at the 0th minute, 30th minute, 4th hour, 12th hour, 24th hour and 48th hour postoperatively. At the same time, when individuals have pain, analgesics will be administered at the request of the physician.
Control group
When the individuals in the control group have pain, analgesic drug treatment will be applied at the request of the physician, and no other intervention will be applied.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Heat Therapy
Patients in the intervention group will be treated with hot water bags twice, 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening, starting four hours after the operation until discharge. In accordance with the literature, the water bag filled with 55 ± 2°C hot water will be wrapped with 2 towels. The water bag will be applied to the shoulder area while the patient is in the fawler or semi-fawler position. After 20 minutes, the hot application will be terminated. Pain and physiological parameters of the patients will be evaluated at the 0th minute, 30th minute, 4th hour, 12th hour, 24th hour and 48th hour postoperatively. At the same time, when individuals have pain, analgesics will be administered at the request of the physician.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* 18 years old and over
* BMI within normal limits
* VAS score of 5 or higher
Exclusion Criteria
* with a history of upper laparotomy
* Having endocrine, renal, hepatic or immunological disease
* ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) score above 3
* with chronic shoulder pain
* Regular use of analgesics
* using sedative drugs
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Ordu University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Hanife DURGUN
PhD, RN, Assistant Professor
Principal Investigators
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Hanife Durgun, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Ordu University
Locations
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Ordu Üniversitesi
Ordu, Altınordu, Turkey (Türkiye)
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Hanife Durgun, PhD
Role: primary
Other Identifiers
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cholecystectomy
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id