Management of Thirst, Nursing Care, Postoperative Care

Medipol Health Group

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Care; Nursing Caries

Treatments: Other: WATER; Other: ICE APPLICATION

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04070911

55323

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was conducted to determine the effect of oral water and ice popsicle on management of thirst in the immediate postoperative period as experimental.

Full description

Also, it is aimed to evaluate validity and reliability of "Safety Protocol for Management Thirst in the Immediate Postoperative Period Protocol" which is used to take oral water and ice of patients in the immediate postoperative period, as administrative. The study was conducted with 150 patients who are transferred to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) after their operation and met study criteria. Patients divided into three groups as the study (water group=50, ice group=50) and control (n=50). Patients in the study group were performed oral water/ice popsicle after their accession to PACU. However, the control group patients have performed rutin treatment and care without any other intervention. Physiologic variables and symptoms with thirst were followed in every three group patients at certain times. Data were evaluated by using NCSS (Number Cruncher Statistical System) 2007 program.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. have a surgical operation other than gastrointestinal system surgery,
2. Surgical fasting duration is at least 8 hours,
3. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification; Class I, II and III;
4. Having the ability to express the thirst status verbally and experiencing moderate or severe thirst when the thirst status is evaluated by VAS,
5. The duration of anesthesia is longer than 1 hour and accepted into the PACU after surgery.

Exclusion criteria

1. have a second surgical intervention during hospitalization,
2. The need of intensive care after surgery,
3. Having problems in the process of separation from respiratory support after surgical intervention,
4. A change in the state of consciousness after surgical intervention / acute confusion,
5. Liquid electrolyte imbalance,
6. Patients with difficulty in swallowing or restriction of oral fluid intake,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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150 participants in 3 patient groups

patients in the water group

Experimental group

Description:

water group: Patients in the water group were performed oral water after their accession to PACU.

Treatment:

Other: WATER

patients in the ice group

Experimental group

Description:

ice group, Patients in the ice group were performed oral ice popsicle after their accession to PACU.

Treatment:

Other: ICE APPLICATION

no intervention group

No Intervention group

Description:

control group, the control group patients have performed rutin treatment and care without any other intervention