Does Endorphin Massage Reduce the Anxiety of Pregnant Women?

Celal Bayar University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pregnancy Related

Treatments: Behavioral: Endorphin Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06342154

MCBU-SBF-YC-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

Before cesarean section surgery, researchers will demonstrate endorphin massage to the husbands of pregnant women, and they will be asked to apply the massage before the surgery. The stress levels and pain levels of women will be compared before and after the massage.

Full description

The sample size of the research was calculated using G*Power 3.1.9.4 software as a minimum of 34 with 95% power, 0.01 alpha, and 0.9 effect size. The sample size was planned as experimental (n=34) and control (n=34) groups. To ensure the equality of the samples in both groups, a simple randomization method was used, where pregnant women with odd hospital protocol numbers will be included in the experimental group and those with even numbers will be included in the control group. Pregnant women who are admitted for pre-cesarean section care will be informed about the study, and their voluntary consent will be obtained both in written and verbal form. Pre-tests will be administered to both the experimental and control groups at 08:00, and blood samples will be taken to measure cortisol levels. Subsequently, an intervention will be applied to those in the experimental group, while those in the control group will receive routine nursing care. At 09:00, post-tests will be administered to both the experimental and control groups, and blood samples will be taken again to measure cortisol levels. The pre-test and post-test results, as well as the mean cortisol levels, will be compared between the experimental and control groups.

Enrollment: 68 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being admitted to the hospital for cesarean section
• Being willing to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

• Having psychiatric illness
• native language not Turkish

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

endorphin massage group

Experimental group

Description:

The researcher will show husbands how to give endorphin massage to their pregnant wives. Additionally, they will be asked to choose one of three different instrumental relaxation music pieces played without lyrics to help them relax, and the chosen music will be sent to the pregnant women via WhatsApp. They will be instructed to play the music while performing the endorphin massage. Husbands of pregnant women in the experimental group will be asked to apply a total of 20 minutes of endorphin massage within 1 hour, divided into two sessions of 10 minutes each.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Endorphin Massage

routine care group

No Intervention group

Description:

They will receive routine nursing care.