The Effect of Hot Foot Bath on Sleep Quality and Fatigue

Bursa Uludag University

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

Hepatitis B

Treatments

Other: Hot foot bath application group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06864923

2023-28/12

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be conducted to investigate the effects of hot foot baths on patients' sleep quality and fatigue severity levels.The study will be conducted in the Gastroenterology clinic of a university hospital in Türkiye. The research sample will consist of 60 adult patients. Patients will be randomly divided into two groups: the intervention and control groups. The intervention group will receive hot foot baths for three consecutive nights starting from the second day of hospitalization. The foot bath will be applied one hour before the patient goes to bed at night. The foot tub will be filled with hot water to approximately 20 cm above the patient's ankle and the temperature of the water will be measured with a water thermometer. The temperature of the water will be kept stable at 41-42°C. This application will be done for 20 minutes. The sleep and fatigue levels of the patients will be measured with measurement tools in the morning (3 times) following each application. No application will be applied to the control group, and sleep and fatigue levels will be measured in a similar manner to the measurement tools applied to the intervention group and the application days.

Enrollment

60 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

20 to 80 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

being over the age of 18,
having no disorder which could affect pain perception,
having no communication problem, and voluntarily agreeing to participate in the research,
Having been admitted to the clinic at least 24 hours ago,
Not having a diagnosed sleep disorder,
Not having a psychiatric disorder requiring treatment,
Not having a problem with vital signs before the application,
Not using narcotic drugs in the last 4 hours,
Not eating two hours before going to bed at night

Exclusion criteria

being under the age of 18
not being conscious, refusing to participate in the research or opting to leave the study at any point,
Having a problem with vital signs before the application,
Having a diagnosed sleep disorder.