The Effect of the Use of Gel Pillows on the Sleep Quality and General Comfort Levels

Trakya University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Preoperative; Comfort; Sleep

Treatments: Other: Using a gel pillow

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06025136

2022-PO198

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of using gel pillows on the sleep quality and general comfort levels of patients in the preoperative period.The main hypotheses are:

H1: 'The sleep quality of patients who use gel pillows in the preoperative period is higher than those who do not use gel pillows' H2: "The general comfort level of the patients who used gel pillows in the preoperative period is higher than those who did not use gel pillows".

Participants will be asked to use a gel pillow with a cooling surface the night before the day of surgery.

If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare patients' control group to see if there is any difference in sleep quality and comfort levels.

Full description

Randomization method will be used to determine the groups. Randomization of the patients was done using the 'Random Allocation Software 2.0' program and they are allocated into 2 groups: 1) the control group and 2) the intervenion group.

1. The Control Group: The patients in this group will be visited by the researcher in their rooms on the morning before the surgery. Patients will be informed that they will be visited again in the evening of the day before the surgery and that they will be given a pillow to use while sleeping at night. They will receive no other interventions.Patients will be visited again on the morning of the surgery day.The Richard Campbell Sleep Scale was used to evaluate the nighttime sleep quality of the patients;General Comfort Scale to evaluate comfort levels.
2. The Intervenion Group: The patients in this group will be visited by the researcher in their rooms on the morning before the surgery. Patients will be informed that they will be visited again in the evening of the day before the surgery and that they will be given a pillow to use while sleeping at night. Patients who are visited in their rooms on the evening of the day before the surgery will be given a gel pillow with a cooling surface feature for night use. If patients stop using pillows at night, they will be asked to inform the investigator when they come to their room in the morning.Patients will be visited again on the morning of the surgery day.The Richard Campbell Sleep Scale was used to evaluate the nighttime sleep quality of the patients;General Comfort Scale to evaluate comfort levels.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

To research;

• Planned elective surgery
• Those who will undergo cancer surgery related to the gastrointestinal system
• No diagnosis of sleep disorder
• No sensory, cognitive or mental disability
• Using pillows while sleeping
• Patients who volunteered to participate in the study were included.

Exclusion criteria

• Emergency surgical intervention will be performed
• In contact isolation
• The one who has given up using a gel pillow for sleep at night
• Diagnosis of diseases related to the endocrine system (such as diabetes, obesity)
• Using hormone replacement medication
• Patients using anti-depressant medication were excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients who are visited in their rooms on the evening of the day before the surgery will be given a gel pillow with a cooling surface feature for night use. Patients will be asked to note the time they go to bed for a night's sleep and the time they wake up on the morning of the surgery. If patients stop using pillows at night, they will be asked to inform the investigator when they come to their room in the morning.Patients will be visited again on the morning of the surgery day.The Richard Campbell Sleep Scale was used to evaluate the nighttime sleep quality of the patients;General Comfort Scale to evaluate comfort.

Treatment:

Other: Using a gel pillow

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The patients who were visited in their rooms on the evening of the day before the operation will be given pillows that have the same characteristics as the pillows that the patients in the study group will use, but do not have a gel surface, to use at night. Patients will be asked to note the time they go to bed for a night's sleep and the time they wake up on the morning of the surgery.Participants in the control group will receive no other interventions.Patients will be visited again on the morning of the surgery day.The Richard Campbell Sleep Scale was used to evaluate the nighttime sleep quality of the patients;General Comfort Scale to evaluate comfort levels.