Effect of Swedish Hand Massage on Pain in Patients Undergoing CABG Surgery

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Massage; Pain Management; Hand Massage; Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG); Nursing; Pain

Treatments: Other: Swedish Hand Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06688617

3435-19

Details and patient eligibility

About

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery is performed commonly today. Heart surgery performed on more than two million individuals every year leads patients experience severe postoperative pain for causes such as cutting of intercostal nerves along the incision line, pleural irritation caused by thoracic catheters etc. Hand massage, which is one of the non-pharmacological methods, is an effective procedure that can be applied independently by nurses for pain management. The objective of this randomized controlled study is to investigate the effect of hand massage applied to the patients with CABG surgery during the postoperative intensive care process, on pain.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who underwent CABG surgery,
• Stated that they were in pain,
• 18 years old and older,
• Had not completed 48 hours after the surgical procedure,
• Accepted to participate in the study verbally and in writing after being informed about the study,
• Could understand the information given,
• Could read, write and speak Turkish,
• Did not have any physiological, psychological or mental problems that would prevent verbal communication,
• Did not have any limb, vascular problem, wound or catheter that would prevent the application of hand massage,
• were ASA classified as I and II,
• Had no previous hand massage experience,
• Did not participate in any other clinical studies during the same period,
• Did not develop any complications during and after the surgical procedure,
• Physiological parameters were within normal limits during the surgical procedure,
• Received the same type of treatment in the post-surgical period,
• Body mass index was within normal limits

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who have complications during or after surgical intervention,
• Intubated,
• Have any limb, vascular problem, wound or catheter that prevents hand massage,
• Under the effect of pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions that will affect pain,
• Obese (body mass index (BMI≥30),

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Swedish hand massage

Experimental group

Description:

Swedish hand massage was applied to patients who were extubated after the first 4 hours after surgery, were not under the effect of pharmacological or non-pharmacological analgesia, and were in the intensive care period after the first expression of pain.

Treatment:

Other: Swedish Hand Massage

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients who were extubated within the first 4 hours after surgery, who were not under the effect of pharmacological or nonpharmacological analgesia, and who were admitted to the intensive care unit with the first pain symptom were followed up during the follow-up periods.