Effect of Abdominal Massage on Bowel Evacuation After Cranial Surgery

Mersin University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Abdominal Massage; Constipation

Treatments: Other: abdominal massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04373772

Mersin U

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

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,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

abdominal massage group

Experimental group

Description:

the abdominal massage group received a total of 30 minutes of massage, 15 minutes every morning and evening, until the first defecation.

Treatment:

Other: abdominal massage

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine care for the control group