Acupressure Application in Obesity Surgery 2345

NCT ID: NCT06468345

Last Updated: 2024-06-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 90 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-03-15

Brief Summary

This research was conducted to determine the effect of acupressure applied to patients after bariatric surgery on gastrointestinal distress, pain and anxiety. The data of the study was collected at Aktif Private Kocaeli Hospital General Surgery Clinic between January 2022 and February 2023. The study was conducted with 90 (30 control, 30 intervention and 30 placebo) patients who underwent bariatric surgery. As a result of the research, application to ST25 and CV12 acupressure areas after bariatric surgery increased gas and stool output. It reduced abdominal distension. This enabled patients to start oral intake early. Application to the SP6 area reduced abdominal pain. Acupressure applied to the LI4 area was not effective in reducing nausea and vomiting. Massage to the HT7 acupressure area alone was not sufficient to relieve anxiety.

Detailed Description

This research was conducted to determine the intensity of acupressure treatment for gastrointestinal problems, pain and anxiety after bariatric surgery. The research was conducted using a placebo group, randomized controlled, detailed research model. The data of the study was collected at Aktif Private Kocaeli Hospital General Surgery Clinic between January 2022 and February 2023. The study was conducted with 90 (30 control, 30 intervention and 30 placebo) patients who underwent bariatric surgery. The data were brought together with the patient identification formula, postoperative gastrointestinal functions information formula, abdominal distension formula, visual analog scale, state-trait anxiety inventory scale, visual comparison operation, and patient happiness formula. The data were analyzed with the SPSS for Windows 22 package program. Records of numbers, percentages, minimum and maximum values, averages and standard deviations in the analysis of data. Mann Whitney U analysis, LSD, Dunnet C, Kruskall Wallis, Will coxon analyzes and t test records. The results were interpreted at the p< 0.05 significance level. Gastrointestinal capacity and recovery time, stool and gas output rates, difference in distension and abdominal pain score amounts, oral intake amounts and retching difference of the patients in acupressure, control and placebo distribution at the 6th, 12th, 24th and 48th months of the surgery were investigated. Children's movements and vomiting were evaluated with visual comparison performance. Anxiety was measured with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Scale at the ages of 6, 12, 24 and 48 after treatment. He recorded the Patient Satisfaction Form to obtain the patients' satisfaction after acupressure.

Conditions

Acupressure; Bariatric Surgery; Spleen Meridian; Pregnancy Meridian; Stomach Meridian

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Acupressure Group

Acupressure application to CV12, ST25, SP6, LI4 and HT7 areas

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

acupressure

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Application was made to CV12, ST25, SP6, HT7 and LI4 acupressure areas.

Control Group

No action was taken.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Placebo Group

Massage application to feet, hands and abdomen areas that are not acupressure areas

Group Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR

Area different from acupressure area

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Massage application to non-acupressure hand, foot and abdominal areas

Interventions

acupressure

Application was made to CV12, ST25, SP6, HT7 and LI4 acupressure areas.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Area different from acupressure area

Massage application to non-acupressure hand, foot and abdominal areas

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients undergoing Bariatric Surgery
• Conscious patients between the ages of 18-65
• Patients who can communicate
• Patients without hearing-speech problems
• Patients without any psychiatric disorder
• Patients willing to cooperate
• Patients who have never had acupressure before
• Patients who do not have conditions such as hematoma, wound or fracture in the areas where acupressure will be applied

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who withdraw from the study at any stage of the study
• Patients admitted to the intensive care unit in the early postoperative period

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Ataturk University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Duygu Balaban

Chief investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Atatürk Üniversitesi

Erzurum, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

DBalaban

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id