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This study was planned to evaluate the effect of back massage applied to palliative care patients on sleep quality and pain.


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The most common complaint in palliative care patients is pain. Therefore, the quality of palliative care is demonstrated by the good management of patients' pain and suffering. In the treatment of pain, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments should be used together. As a result of the relaxation of the muscles with massage, which is one of the non-pharmacological treatments, the pain is relieved and reduced. Again, massage increases the release of endorphins and reduces the feeling of pain. Another common complaint in palliative care patients is insomnia. Sleep quality is also linked to pain. Low sleep quality causes a decrease in tolerance to pain, more drugs are used to relieve pain, and a negative cycle is formed by affecting sleep quality. Massage is one of the oldest treatment methods used to relieve many ailments. Florence Nightingale described massage in her Notes on Nursing published in 1859 and provided its use in the field of nursing. This study was planned to evaluate the effect of back massage applied to palliative care patients on sleep quality and pain. The study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study between November 2021 and June 2022. Patients hospitalized in the Palliative Care Service of Bilecik Training and Research Hospital, the sample will be 52 patients, 26 patients in each group, with a 95% CI 90% power, as a result of the calculation made using the G*Power 3.1.9.7 program. Written consent will be obtained from the patients who agree to participate in the study and the "Patient Identification Form" will be filled. Back massage will be applied to the experimental group for 10 minutes every day for 7 days. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, McGill Pain Scale Short Form will be administered after each massage and scores will be recorded for 7 days. Scales and massage will be applied to the patients before the administration of the pharmacological agent, which is among the routine treatment and care practices in the clinic. The control group will not be interfered with, and the routine treatment and care practices in the clinic will continue. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, McGill Pain Scale Short will be applied to the control group simultaneously with the experimental group and scores will be recorded for 7 days. The obtained data will be evaluated using appropriate statistical methods. As a result of the research, it is thought that the questions of whether there is a significant difference in sleep quality and pain scale between the patient group who received back massage in palliative care and the patient group who did not receive it will be answered. ;


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NCT number NCT05168514
Study type Interventional
Source Eskisehir Osmangazi University
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date December 15, 2021
Completion date July 15, 2022

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