The Effect of TENS Application for Pain

KTO Karatay University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inguinal Surgery; Appendicitis Surgery

Treatments: Device: TENS application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05119621

KaratayUh01a

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study which was planned in a randomized controlled experimental design, it was aimed to determine the effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) application on pain level before mobilization in the postoperative period in children.

Full description

Children can often experience chronic muscle, bone, joint pain, headache and abdominal pain, and acutely experience pain due to postoperative and procedural procedures. Effective management of childhood pain is emphasized as a health priority by the World Health Organization and pain communities. The findings of various epidemiological studies emphasized that a significant proportion (49% to 64%) of children receiving treatment in a hospital setting received inadequate pain management services despite the increase in available knowledge and treatments. One of the situations in which pediatric patients encounter acute pain is the postoperative period. Mobilization is delayed in patients who cannot provide adequate pain control, and accordingly, serious complications such as impaired tissue perfusion, atelectasis and deep vein thrombosis may develop. There are studies on the use of TENS, one of the methods used in non-pharmacological pain management, in postoperative pain management in adults. Studies on pain management in children for TENS application are very limited today. There was no evidence for the effectiveness of TENS application applied before mobilization in the postoperative period in children.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be in the 7-12 age range
• Abdominal surgery indication (appendicitis or inguinal region surgery)
• Volunteering to participate in the study
• Receiving monotherapy treatment for epilepsy
• To be able to communicate in Turkish

Exclusion criteria

• Administering analgesic therapy other than routine administration
• Patients who have difficulties in mobilization/complications during the operation will be excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

TENS application

Experimental group

Description:

TENS application will be applied to the experimental group before mobilization after abdominal surgery. TENS will be applied for an average of 40 minutes.

Treatment:

Device: TENS application

Standard pain management

No Intervention group

Description:

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