Effect of Abdominal Massage on Bowel Evacuation After Cranial Surgery

Constipation Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Abdominal Massage on Bowel Evacuation After Cranial Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04373772
• Other study ID #: Mersin U
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 1, 2015
• Est. completion date: February 28, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: April 2020
• Source: Mersin University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Many factors in patients undergoing cranial surgery (CS) may affect the bowel evacuation of patients, resulting in constipation, which could lead to the use of the valsalva maneuver. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of abdominal massage (AM) on bowel evacuation of patients treated in intensive care units (ICU) after CS.

Description:

The sample of this prospective parallel two-arm randomized controlled trial included 80 patients who underwent CS. The patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to the AM and control groups. The constipation risk of all the patients following CS was assessed with Constipation Risk Assessment Scale (CRAS). Those patients in the AM group received a total of 30 minutes of massage, 15 minutes every morning and evening, until the first defecation. The bowel sounds of all the patients in the AM and control groups were assessed on a daily basis. The days when bowel sounds were heard and the first defecation took place were recorded in a Bowel Evacuation Form.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: February 28, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: February 28, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria: Patients who

• volunteered to participate in the study,

• were 18 years old or older and underwent CS,

• stayed in the ICU for = 3 days,

Exclusion Criteria: Patients who

• have percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy,

• abdominal hernia,

• irritable bowel syndrome

• bowel cancer,

• history of abdominal surgery,

• pregnancy,

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Abdominal Massage
• Constipation

Intervention

Other:
• abdominal massage
the patients in the AM group were given a total of 30 minutes of AM by the nurses (HD, OM) everyday for 15 minutes in the morning and evening.In this study AM, which included effleurage, strokes, petrissage and vibration techniques, was applied to the patients for 15 minutes in each session at 9:00 am and 9:00 pm.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mersin University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Primery outcome: bowel sounds	time return of bowel sounds	up to 10 days
Primary	Primery outcome: first defecation	time of the first defecation	up to 10 days
Secondary	constipation risk	constipation risk in intensive care unit	up to 24 hours