Investigation of the Effect of Geriatric Massage

Bayburt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nursing Caries

Treatments: Other: Feet and Back Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05630417

EAPAYDIN.TEZ-KTÜ

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is no study has been found to examine the effect of geriatric massage applied to the elderly with type 2 diabetes on diabetes symptoms and blood parameters. This study was planned as a pretest-posttest randomized controlled single-center study to examine the effect of geriatric massage on diabetes symptoms and blood parameters in the elderly with type 2 diabetes. 60 elderly people who type 2 diabetes who applied to the Internal Medicine Polyclinic of Bayburt State Hospital in the city center of Bayburt will the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes will form the sample of the study. The sample will consist of two groups, the geriatric massage group and the control group. Data will be collected with the "Elderly Information Form", "Standardized Mini-Mental Test", "Diabetes Symptoms Checklist Scale", "Blood Parameters Monitoring Form". "Geriatric Massage" will be applied as an intervention. The geriatric massage group will receive 20 minutes (10 minutes on each foot) foot massage and 10 minutes back massage, two days a week for eight weeks. The control group will receive the institution's standard of care. Frequency, number, mean, Student's t test and/or Mann-Whitney U test, ANOVA and/or Kruskal-Wallis test, Chi-square test and/or Correlation and Regression Analysis will be used in the analysis of the data. As a result of this study, it is anticipated that the effects of geriatric massage on diabetes symptoms and blood parameters in the elderly with Type 2 diabetes will be determined and these effects will be included in evidence-based guidelines.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 84 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 65-84
• No visual or hearing impairment
• Ability to communicate verbally
• Applying to Bayburt State Hospital Internal Medicine Polyclinic
• Having a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes for at least six months
• A score of 25 and above on the Standardized Mini Mental Test
• Agreeing to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

• Having vascular disease (thrombus, phlebitis, arterial embolism, severe venous ulceration)
• Having heart failure, pacemaker and neurological disease
• Body temperature being higher than 37.5°C for more than two days, suspected or diagnosed with inflammation
• Having acute pain
• Cancer and undiagnosed malignancies, receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy
• Presence of any scar tissue, chronic inflammatory skin diseases on the back
• Having foot amputation, fracture, infection, wound, skin disease, pathology and neuropathy related to muscles and bones

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Geriatric Massage Group

Experimental group

Description:

The fragility of the elderly, the sensitivity of skin, muscle and bone tissue necessitate modification of massage techniques according to the individual characteristics of the elderly. Geriatric massage is a form of massage applied according to the characteristics of the elderly individual and can be applied to all body parts according to the needs of the elderly. However, since diabetic neuropathy, which is a long-term complication that is common in individuals with Type 2 diabetes and can affect all body parts, shows more symptoms in the feet, foot massage as a geriatric massage may be effective in reducing diabetes symptoms and improving blood parameters. Because of its more systemic effects, back massage was preferred.

Treatment:

Other: Feet and Back Massage

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No attempt will be made by the researcher on the elderly with Type 2 diabetes in the control group. The elderly in this group will benefit from the standard care practices offered by the institution.