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NCT Number: NCT05567107

The Effect of Foot Massage After Open Heart Surgery on Postoperative Pain, Sleep Quality and Mood of Patients

The randomized controlled experimental study was conducted in the cardiovascular surgery clinic of Atatürk University Health Practice and Research Center between April 2021 and September 2021.The research sample consisted of 91 patients who met the research criteria. Since exclusion criteria were met in 15 patients during the research process, the study was completed with 76 patients. Descriptive Information Form, Visual Analog Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Scale, Visual Analog Sleep Scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were used as data collection tools. All scales were applied to the patients preoperatively. According to the Postoperative Visual Analog Scale, the patients in the experimental group who stated that they had more than 4 pains were given foot massage for a total of 20 minutes, 10 minutes on each foot. After the surgery, classical foot massage was applied to the patients for 3 consecutive days, including the day they came to the service from the intensive care unit. One day after each application, the patients' pain, sleep quality and mood levels were examined. Data were collected by applying the same procedure steps without foot massage to the patients in the control group.

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Key information

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative Bypass Complication Dyssomnias Mental Disorders Mood Nervous System Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Pain Parasomnias Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Postoperative Complications Signs and Symptoms Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic Sleep Disturbance Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders Sleep Wake Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Beyzanur Kızıloğlu

Erzurum, Palandöken, 25000, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Pain still remains a major problem in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Pain and anxiety are conditions that should be evaluated together and affect each other. Anxiety has a significant effect on the reduction or increase in post-operative pain. Pain experienced after surgery increases the anxiety of the individual. Increasing anxiety level negatively affects sleep quality. The inability to manage the pain experienced in the early postoperative period and the associated anxiety negatively affect the healing process, increasing the risk of complications that may occur after the surgery, which negatively affects the quality of life. It also increases mortality and morbidity rates. Pain management is very important because of the negative effects seen due to pain. It is seen that there are many pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods used to prevent pain and anxiety experienced after surgical intervention. One of these methods is massage, which is known for its therapeutic and healing effects and has a positive effect on the body. It is predicted that with the foot massage applied after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, the postoperative pain and anxiety level of the patients will decrease, it will have a positive effect on their mood and their sleep quality will increase. In addition, it is thought that with the increase of studies on the application of foot massage in patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery, a non-pharmacological routine application can be created on patients in surgical services and the level of satisfaction in nursing can be increased.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Those who agree to participate in the research
  • Those who have planned coronary artery bypass graft surgery between the specified dates
  • 18 years of age or older
  • Not having visual/verbal/auditory communication difficulties and mental disabilities that would prevent him/her from expressing the explained information correctly.
  • Hypertension under control
  • Those who state that they have 4 or more post-operative GCS pain
  • For patients in the experimental group; infectious disease of the foot skin, local infection, open lesion/wound, scar tissue, edema, hematoma, thrombophlebitis, deep vein thrombosis, coagulation disorder, varicose veins, osteoporosis, osteomyelitis, hepatitis, inflammatory and degenerative joint diseases, diabetes-induced neuropathy, toes patients without deformities, recent fractures, dislocations, ruptures of muscle fibers, tendons, or fascia

Exclusion criteria

◾Patients who develop any complications after surgery

Treatment and study plan

Massage

Other

Classical foot massage was applied by the researcher with efflorescence, superficial friction and petrissage techniques for 10 minutes on each foot.

Primary outcomes

  1. Visual analog scale

    Time frame: [Time Frame: up to 24 hours]

    The visual analog scale was used to evaluate the pain severity of the patient. It is a self-reported scale in the form of a 10-cm ruler indicating no pain at one end and unbearable pain at the other. Accordingly, the patient is told to evaluate his/her pain between 0 and 10, with 0 cm indicating "no pain" and 10 cm indicating "unbearable pain"

  2. State-Trait Anxiety İnventory (STAI-I, STAI-II)

    Time frame: [Time Frame: up to 24 hours]

    It is a test developed by Spielberger et al. that measures state and trait anxiety levels. Its validity and reliability in Turkey was done by O#ner and Le Compte. The scale consists of two parts, the 'state anxiety scale', which is created with the aim of determining the instantaneous feelings, and the 20-item 'trait anxiety scale', which was created to determine the feelings in general. It is a four degree scale ranging from 'Nothing' to 'All'. Scores range from 20 (low anxiety) to 80 (high anxiety).

  3. Visual Comparison Sleep Scale

    Time frame: [Time Frame: up to 24 hours]

    Scoring in this scale, whose Turkish version consists of 10 items, was formed by reversing the 2nd, 4th, 8th and 9th statements. Each item in the scale was evaluated by visual comparison technique by showing it on the chart between 0 (on the left end) and 100 (on the right end). The score obtained from the scale is between 0-1000. An increase in the score obtained from the scale indicates a decrease in sleep quality.

  4. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

    Time frame: [Time Frame: up to 24 hours]

    It consists of two subscales, depression and anxiety. Each subscale includes 7 items. There are 14 items in total. While summing the scores of items 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 for the Anxiety Subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; For the Depression Sub-Scale, the scores of items 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 are added. Items 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, and 13 of the Anxiety Sub-Scale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale show gradually decreasing severity and are scored in a 4-point Likert scale as 3, 2, 1, 0. Items 2, 4, 7, 9, 12 and 14 of the Depression Subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale show increasing severity and are scored as 0, 1, 2, 3 on a 4-point Likert scale. The lowest score that patients can get from the Anxiety and Depression Subscales is 0, and the highest score is 21.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ataturk University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Oct 5, 2022
Registry last updated
Oct 5, 2022

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