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NCT number NCT06172439
Other study ID # SBU-MDONMEZ-001
Secondary ID
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date June 1, 2023
Est. completion date January 30, 2024

Study information

Verified date December 2023
Source Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In this study, the effect of acupressure on postoperative pain level in women with abdominal gynecologıcal surgery will be studied and it will be conducted as a randomized controlled intervention study to examine the relationships with each other.The sample group will consist of 102 women, 51 in the intervention group and 51 in the control group.Within the scope of the study, the data will be collected using the 'Personal Information Form and Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ)' created by the researcher. Data will be analyzed using SPSS-26 package.


Description:

In this study, the effect of acupressure on postoperative pain level in women with abdominal gynecologıcal surgery will be studied and it will be conducted as a randomized controlled intervention study to examine the relationships with each other.The sample group will consist of 102 women, 51 in the intervention group and 51 in the control group.Within the scope of the study, the data will be collected using the 'Personal Information Form and Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire(SF-MPQ)' created by the researcher. Data will be obtained by the researcher by faceto-face interviews with women. In addition, women in the intervention group will receive acupressure once on postoperative days 0 and 1. Acupressure points related to gynecological surgery (large intestine (LI4), stomach (ST36) and spleen (SP6)) will be applied for a total of 12 minutes with 2 minutes of pressure on each point. Women in the control group will continue their routine care. Data will be evaluated with SPSS-26 package.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Active, not recruiting
Enrollment 102
Est. completion date January 30, 2024
Est. primary completion date December 30, 2023
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Female
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - 20 years of age or older, - Being literate, - To be able to understand and speak Turkish, - No deformity or lesion in the areas where acupressure will be applied, - Undergoing abdominal gynecologic surgery with general anesthesia, - Any narcotic or epidural for pain control after surgery lack of analgesia - Participation in the routine pain protocol of the clinic Exclusion Criteria: - The presence of any systemic disease that causes chronic pain, - Receiving spinal or epidural anesthesia, - Patients who are administered narcotic or any analgesic drug other than the routine pain protocol applied in the clinic after surgery

Study Design


Intervention

Other:
acupressure
Women in the intervention group will receive acupressure for 12 minutes.The acupressure pressure points related to the gynecologic surgery to be performed are named as the large intestine (LI4), stomach (ST36) and spleen (SP6) meridians, respectively. These points are determined by expert opinion and are used for pain control.

Locations

Country Name City State
Turkey Faculty of nursing Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (8)

Alimoradi Z, Kazemi F, Valiani M, Gorji M. Comparing the effect of auricular acupressure and body acupressure on pain and duration of the first stage of labor: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2019 Dec 23;20(1):766. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3896-0. — View Citation

Bernardinelli N, Valery A, Barrault D, Dorland JM, Palut P, Toumi H, Lespessailles E. Effectiveness of Shiatsu on Fatigue in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: Protocol for a Randomized Cross-Over Pilot Study. Rheumatol Ther. 2023 Aug;10(4):1107-1117. doi: 10.1007/s40744-023-00558-w. Epub 2023 May 12. — View Citation

Borys M, Zyzak K, Hanych A, Domagala M, Galkin P, Galaszkiewicz K, Klaput A, Wroblewski K, Miekina J, Onichimowski D, Czuczwar M. Survey of postoperative pain control in different types of hospitals: a multicenter observational study. BMC Anesthesiol. 2018 Jul 18;18(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s12871-018-0551-3. — View Citation

Erden S, Guler S, Tura I, Basibuyuk IF, Arslan UE. Evaluating patient outcomes in postoperative pain management according to the revised American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire (APS-POQ-R). Appl Nurs Res. 2023 Oct;73:151734. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2023.151734. Epub 2023 Aug 18. — View Citation

Kidanemariam BY, Elsholz T, Simel LL, Tesfamariam EH, Andemeskel YM. Utilization of non-pharmacological methods and the perceived barriers for adult postoperative pain management by the nurses at selected National Hospitals in Asmara, Eritrea. BMC Nurs. 2020 Oct 22;19:100. doi: 10.1186/s12912-020-00492-0. eCollection 2020. — View Citation

Mehta P, Dhapte V, Kadam S, Dhapte V. Contemporary acupressure therapy: Adroit cure for painless recovery of therapeutic ailments. J Tradit Complement Med. 2016 Jul 22;7(2):251-263. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2016.06.004. eCollection 2017 Apr. — View Citation

Mohd Nafiah NA, Chieng WK, Zainuddin AA, Chew KT, Kalok A, Abu MA, Ng BK, Mohamed Ismail NA, Nur Azurah AG. Effect of Acupressure at P6 on Nausea and Vomiting in Women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 1;19(17):10886. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710886. — View Citation

Noll E, Shodhan S, Romeiser JL, Madariaga MC, Page C, Santangelo D, Guo X, Pryor AD, Gan TJ, Bennett-Guerrero E. Efficacy of acupressure on quality of recovery after surgery: Randomised controlled trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2019 Aug;36(8):557-565. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001001. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary postoperative pain level Pain will be measured with the Short-Form McGill pain questionnaire (SF-MPQ) before and after the application 7 month
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