The Effects of Acupressure on Pain, Swelling and Comfort in Patients With Femoral Fracture Surgery

NCT ID: NCT06914323

Last Updated: 2025-04-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 140 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-02-18
• Study Completion Date: 2026-02-18

Brief Summary

Pain is a subjective and unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Fractures result from a disruption in the continuity of bone, where bones are subjected to traction, twisting, or compression, causing damage to the surrounding muscular tissues. The treatment of displaced or complex fractures typically requires internal fixation surgery. 89% of fracture patients experience postoperative pain and swelling by the second day following open reduction and internal fixation surgery. These negative sensations can lead to increased pain, limb deformity, and neurovascular compression injuries. If postoperative pain is not adequately managed, it can affect wound healing, increase metabolism and oxygen consumption, and place additional strain on cardiopulmonary function. It is necessary to integrate alternative, non-pharmacological, non-invasive pain relief measures. Effectively and safely alleviating acute postoperative pain can enhance comfort, promote early mobilization, improve adherence to postoperative physical therapy, enhance quality of life and shorten hospital stays.

Conditions

Acupressure

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Acupressure

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Acupressure

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

improvements in pain, limb swelling, and comfort

Interventions

Acupressure

improvements in pain, limb swelling, and comfort

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. The patient was hospitalized due to injuries from an accident, diagnosed with unilateral femoral fracture and underwent open reduction internal fixation surgery, hemiarthroplasty, and total hip arthroplasty.

2. Adults aged 18 years or older.

3. Conscious and able to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese (Min Nan).

4. Intact and without missing lower limbs.

5. Willing to sign the informed consent form after being briefed on the study objectives and procedures.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of musculoskeletal tumors.

2. History of cerebrovascular accident or peripheral vascular neuropathy.

3. Major medical conditions such as cirrhosis, renal failure, heart failure, cancer, and severe brain diseases.

4. Edema caused by nutritional deficiency or mucinous causes.

5. Pregnant or lactating women.

6. Patients using patient-controlled analgesia post-surgery.

7. Severe psychiatric disorders or perceptual disorders.

8. Platelet count less than 20 x 10^3/uL before screening.

9. Albumin less than 3.5g/dL before screening.

10. Individuals closely related to the trial personnel, such as immediate family or dependents of the principal investigator.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Hungkuang University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Yu-Tzu Chang

Nurse practitioner

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Hungkuang University

Taichung, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

Interventional

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id