The Effect of Foot Reflexology in Intensive Care Nurses

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

42 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-11-01

Study Completion Date

2023-04-30

Brief Summary

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This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental research design to examine the effect of foot reflexology applied to nurses working in the intensive care unit on stress, fatigue and low back pain.

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Detailed Description

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The universe of the research consisted of a total of 90 nurses working in a university and a public hospital in a city. Among the nurses, those who meet the criteria for inclusion in the study will form the sample. Assignment to the intervention and control group will be determined in the computer environment using a simple randomization method (www.randomizer.org/). The number of samples was determined using power analysis. It was decided to recruit a total of 42 nurses, 21 for each group.

Conditions

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Fatigue Pain Stress Nurse

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention group (reflexology group)

The group in which reflexology massage (foot massage) was applied once a week for 20 minutes (10 minutes on each foot) for a total of 4 weeks, and the pain scale and fatigue and stress level were measured once a week at the beginning of the study and at the end of the study 4 weeks later.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

massage

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

reflexology foot massage

Control group

Pain scale once a week for 4 weeks without any application, and fatigue and stress level at the beginning of the study and at the end of the study after 4 weeks were measured in the group.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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massage

reflexology foot massage

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* -Intensive care unit nurse
* Those aged 18 to 65 years
* Working in intensive care for at least 6 months
* Back pain for at least 3 months
* Not pregnant, non-breastfeeding
* Having a regular menstrual cycle
* Vascular disease and foot fracture, wound, scar, skin damage etc. no situation
* Volunteered to participate in the research
* Not using antidepressants, sleeping pills, etc.

Exclusion Criteria

* Working in intensive care for less than 6 months
* No chronic low back pain
* Pregnant, lactating
* Do not have a regular menstrual cycle
* Vascular disease and foot fracture, wound, scar, skin damage etc. situation found
* Using antidepressants, sleeping pills, etc.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No