The Effect of Auditory and Tactile Stimuli in Traumatic Coma

NCT ID: NCT05195606

Last Updated: 2024-01-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-06-15

Study Completion Date

2024-12-30

Brief Summary

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This study focused on examining the effects of auditory and tactile stimuli to reduce sensory deprivation on consciousness, oxygen saturation and mean arterial pressure in traumatic coma patients.

Detailed Description

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Background: One of the most important problems experienced by patients treated in the intensive care unit due to traumatic coma is sensory deprivation.

Aim: In this study, it was aimed to examine the effects of auditory and tactile stimulus to be used in the prevention of sensory deprivation on consciousness, oxygen saturation and mean arterial pressure.

Study Design: The study was planned as a randomized controlled single-blind experiment with three groups. In the study, the patients in the Control group will be given a routine application, the patients in the Intervention A group will be given auditory stimuli, and the patients in the Intervention B group will be treated with tactile stimulus. Interventions will be administered once a day for seven days, for a total of seven times. The "block randomization method" was chosen as the randomization method. In this study, hospitals were taken as a block. An equal number of patients will be recruited from two hospitals and 15 patients will be distributed to three groups from each hospital using the "simple randomization method". 30 patients in each group and 90 patients in total will be included in the study.

Methods: The researcher applied to the patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit for 24-72 hours for seven days, once a day (seven times in total) between 10:00 and 15:00 (Intervention A: 10 minutes of audio recording will be played with headphones. Intervention B: 10 minutes) (5 minutes for one foot) foot massage will be applied. Glaskow Coma Score, oxygen saturation and Mean Arterial Pressure will be measured before and after each intervention (twice daily).

Conditions

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Head Trauma Traumatic Coma Nursing Caries

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants
In the application process, single blinding will be provided as the patients do not know which group they are included in.

Study Groups

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Control group

There is no standard sensory stimulation program for comatose patients with head trauma in the hospitals where the research will be conducted. Therefore, the control group will receive routine practice.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Auditory stimulus (Intervention A)

Auditory stimulus for patients in this group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Auditory stimulus

Intervention Type OTHER

Auditory stimulus will be applied to the patients in intervention group A. For the auditory stimulus, the sound recording of the relatives of the patients will be taken and the patients will be listened to with headphones.

Tactile stimulus (Intervention B)

Tactile stimulus for patients in this group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tactile stimulus

Intervention Type OTHER

Tactile stimulus will be applied to the patients in the intervention group B. The tactile stimulus will be performed by the researcher with a foot massage to be applied to the patient.

Interventions

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Auditory stimulus

Auditory stimulus will be applied to the patients in intervention group A. For the auditory stimulus, the sound recording of the relatives of the patients will be taken and the patients will be listened to with headphones.

Intervention Type OTHER

Tactile stimulus

Tactile stimulus will be applied to the patients in the intervention group B. The tactile stimulus will be performed by the researcher with a foot massage to be applied to the patient.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being treated in the intensive care unit for at least 24 hours due to traumatic coma,
* 18 years and older
* Relatives of those who agreed to participate in the study
* GCS score between 3-8 (GCS: 3-8 indicates coma)
* Without hearing impairment
* Having no authority for auditory stimulus
* No problem for foot massage (Lower extremity fracture, infection)

Exclusion Criteria

* Who are under the age of 18
* Those whose relatives do not agree to participate in the research
* GKS score above 8
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Akdeniz University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Arş. Gör. Arzu TAT ÇATAL

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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KAEK-724

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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