The Effect of Intraoral Spray Application on Thirst and Thirst Comfort in Patients Undergoing Gynecological Surgery

Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Application Site Discomfort

Treatments: Other: water spray application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06108687

133

Details and patient eligibility

About

It is important for healthcare professionals to provide care for gynecologic surgery patients using current evidence-based approaches. In this context, this study was planned to determine the effect of intraoral cold water spray application on thirst and thirst comfort in the postoperative period in patients undergoing gynecological surgery.

Full description

Hypotheses of the Research H01: Application of cold water spray into the mouth has no effect on thirst in patients undergoing gynecological surgery.

H02: Application of cold water spray into the mouth has no effect on thirst comfort in patients undergoing gynecological surgery.

H11: Application of cold water spray into the mouth has an effect on thirst in patients undergoing gynecological surgery.

H12: Application of cold water spray into the mouth has an effect on thirst comfort in patients undergoing gynecological surgery.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a patient who is scheduled for benign laparoscopic elective gynecological surgery under general anesthesia,
• No upper gastrointestinal system anomaly and/or disease,
• Being a patient whose score is classified as grade I or II according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA),
• Being between the ages of 18-65,
• Not smoking,
• Being able to communicate at a level that can answer research questions.

Exclusion criteria

• The integrity of the oral and tongue mucosa is disrupted before surgery,
• Having cognitive impairment or any neurological, renal, cardiac or pulmonary chronic disease,
• Morbidly obese
• Those who use psychiatric drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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58 participants in 2 patient groups

Experiment

Experimental group

Description:

In cold water applications, 50 cc bottles with plastic spray heads will be used. New materials will be used for each patient. Interventions will be carried out by the researcher and. Cold water kept in the refrigerator at +4 degrees will be placed in 50 cc spray bottles for the experimental group and will be sprayed orally to the patients 3 times an hour in the postoperative period. The spray will be applied to the patient's mouth, upper palate, top of the tongue, right inner cheek, and left inner cheek. Patients will be given approximately 0.5 mL of water via spray in each application.

Treatment:

Other: water spray application

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Spray application will not be applied to patients in the control group.