The Pain Intensity of the Patients Who Had Undergone Abdominal Surgery With a Midline Incision

Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation Clinical Trial

Official title: The Effects of Two Different Electrical Stimulation Methods on the Pain Intensity of the Patients Who Had Undergone Abdominal Surgery With a Midline Incision: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and transcutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation (TAES) on pain and analgesic drug consumption in patients who had undergone abdominal surgery with a midline incision. Evidence for the effects of and transcutaneous electrical stimulation on pain and analgesic consumption on patients undergoing abdominal surgery with severe pain experience and high levels of neuroendocrine stress response is uncertain.

Clinical Trial Description

This research was conducted as a randomized controlled trial. 158 patients who had undergone abdominal surgery with diagnosis of gastric and colorectal cancer were assessed for eligibility. This research sample consisted of 48 patients who underwent abdominal surgery with a midline incision. The patients were randomized into three groups, the first intervention group, which used TENS (around the incision), the second intervention group, which used TAES (ST25, P6, ST36, Lİ4 acupuncture points) and the control group, which did not. Electric stimulation was performed at the 30th minute, second, 18th, 21st, 40th, and 45th hours after the operation. Pain scores and analgesic consumption were assessed in the first 48 hours after surgical intervention. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain
• Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

• NCT number: NCT03762486
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Yuksek Ihtisas University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 12, 2015
• Completion date: November 30, 2016