Effects of Massage Therapy on Sleep After Heart Surgery (MT and CABG)

University of Sao Paulo

Status

Completed

Conditions

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Treatments

Other: Massage Therapy

Other: Control

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01095419

MT-CABG

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of Massage Therapy for improving the quality of sleep in patients on postoperative period of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).

Full description

Patients We evaluated patients admitted to the ward waiting for elective CABG surgery.

Preoperative evaluation The preoperative clinical assessment consisted of obtaining information regarding demographics and personal characteristics.

Postoperative protocol and evaluation After discharge from the intensive care unit to the ward during the postoperative period, the patients were randomized to 3 nights of sitting for 10 minutes, with no intervention (Control) or to MT. Briefly, MT consisted of massage of the neck, shoulders, and back. The massage was initiated with light manual compression and progressed to deep compression. The compression was performed with the inner region of the fingers, hand-shaped clamp, and friction (digital compression with the thumb) on trigger points, cervical traction, and mobilization in all planes (front, back, and sides). The massage was finished with light manual compression. During the study period, all patients completed a sleep diary containing the time they went to sleep, woke up, and took daytime naps. The patients completed a VAS for pain and fatigue (similar to the preoperative evaluation described previously) as well as a VAS for sleep on days 1, 2, and 3, corresponding to the morning following the intervention that was performed on the previous night.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

All

Ages

40 to 80 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria included patients of both genders, between 40 to 80 years of age which were waiting for Coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with body mass index (BMI) ≥35kg/m2
Regular alcohol consumption
Chronic use of hypnotics
A previous diagnosis of sleep disorders
Previous surgeries performed in the last 24 months
The inability to read and write. We also excluded patients who underwent valve surgery combined with CABG, the presence of a thoracic drain, and ICU stay longer than 5 days in the postoperative period