The Effect of Kinesio Taping in Pediatric Surgery

KTO Karatay University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Appendicitis; Surgery; Pain, Acute

Treatments: Other: Kinesio taping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06344897

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Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned to determine the effect of kinesio taping (KT) applied to the abdominal area after surgery on pain and gas output in children aged 6-12 years who had open appendicitis surgery.

Full description

It is stated that kinesio taping, alone or in combination, is an alternative application for the pain management of various disease and symptom processes. These sources state that kinesion relieves pain and makes movement easier. When the literature was examined, no study could be found examining the effectiveness of kinesio tape application in pain management and flatulence in the post-operative period in children who had appendicitis surgery. For this reason, this study aimed to examine the effect of kinesio taping applied to the abdominal area on pain and gas output after appendicitis surgery in children between the ages of 6-12.

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Open appendicitis surgery was performed,
• Are between the ages of 6-12,
• Conscious, literate and without hearing or speech problems,
• Children who do not have a mental disorder and agree to participate in the research will be included.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion Criteria:
• Do not apply analgesic treatment other than routine application.
• Patients who develop complications during the operation will be excluded from the study.
• Those with acute appendicitis or Angenesis appendicitis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Kinesio Taping

Experimental group

Description:

The taping process will be done immediately after appendicitis surgery. Kinesio taping will continue until child's first gas is released. In addition to the standard pain management applied in the clinic, Kinesio tape will be applied to children who have had appendicitis surgery.

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio taping

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will receive standard pain treatment without any intervention. The group will not receive any other intervention.