Enteral Nutrition and Abdominal Massage

NCT ID: NCT06075121

Last Updated: 2025-01-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 64 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-06-12
• Study Completion Date: 2024-06-22

Brief Summary

This study will be conducted to determine the effect of abominal massage on feeding intolerance and blood sugar levels in intensive care patients who are continuously feeding enterally and have diabetes.

Detailed Description

Introduction: Many multiple and challenging problems are encountered in patients followed in intensive care. The most important of these symptoms is nutritional problems. One of the most commonly used methods in the treatment of nutritional problems is enteral nutrition. In addition to its beneficial results, gastrointestinal problems such as abdominal distension, constipation, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting may be encountered in enteral fed individuals in intensive care units. Although different methods are used in the management of complications that may develop in enterally fed patients, abdominal massage, which is one of the non-invasive nursing practices, has been shown to reduce feeding intolerance and balance blood glucose levels.

Purpose: This study will be conducted to determine the effect of abominal massage applied to intensive care patients who are continuously fed enterally and have diabetes, on feeding intolerance and blood sugar levels.

Method: This study will be conducted using a randomized controlled research design. The research sample will consist of 64 patients hospitalized in the intensive care units of a state hospital in Merzifon and who meet the inclusion criteria. Research data will be collected using the clinical status information form, patient parameters monitoring form, and Bristol stool scale. Patients in the massage group will receive an abdominal massage twice a day for 5 days, between 10.00 in the morning and 22.00 in the evening. For the control group, routine treatment and care practices in the hospital will continue without any additional intervention for these 5 days, and the same data will be evaluated at the same time.

Conclusion: It is thought that abdominal massage applied to intensive care patients with diabetes who are continuously fed enterally will reduce feeding intolerance and affect blood sugar levels.

Conditions

Intensive Care Unit Syndrome

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Abdominal massage group

Patients in the massage group will receive an abdominal massage twice a day for 5 days, between 10.00 in the morning and 22.00 in the evening for 15 minutes.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Abdominal massage

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients in the massage group will receive an abdominal massage twice a day for 5 days, between 10.00 in the morning and 22.00 in the evening. Enteral nutrition will be interrupted twice a day for 5 days, between 09.30-10.00 in the morning and 21.30-22.00 in the evening, and patients will receive an abdominal massage for 15 minutes.

Control group

Routine treatment and care practices in the hospital will continue for 5 days without any additional intervention and the same data will be evaluated at the same time.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Abdominal massage

Patients in the massage group will receive an abdominal massage twice a day for 5 days, between 10.00 in the morning and 22.00 in the evening. Enteral nutrition will be interrupted twice a day for 5 days, between 09.30-10.00 in the morning and 21.30-22.00 in the evening, and patients will receive an abdominal massage for 15 minutes.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

The age of 18 years and over

Diagnosed with diabetes mellitus

Having just started continuous enteral feeding via nasogastric tube

Glasgow coma scale >3

Patients who do not have a wound in the abdominal area

Patients without current diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, abdominal distension

Patients who gave their consent to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who had started enteral feeding before starting the study

Patients who received radiotherapy to the abdominal area

Abdominal surgery within the last three months

Patients with ileus

Patients using medications that affect gastrointestinal motility

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Amasya University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Amasya U

Amasya, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

AmasyaU-EY-208

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id