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NCT Number: NCT05679726

The Effect of Foot Reflexology in Intensive Care Nurses

This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental research design to examine the effect of foot reflexology applied to nurses working in the intensive care unit on stress, fatigue and low back pain.

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Key information

Conditions

Fatigue Neurologic Manifestations Nurse Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Stress

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Ayşe Gül Parlak

Kars, 36000, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

The universe of the research consisted of a total of 90 nurses working in a university and a public hospital in a city. Among the nurses, those who meet the criteria for inclusion in the study will form the sample. Assignment to the intervention and control group will be determined in the computer environment using a simple randomization method (www.randomizer.org/). The number of samples was determined using power analysis. It was decided to recruit a total of 42 nurses, 21 for each group.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • -Intensive care unit nurse
  • Those aged 18 to 65 years
  • Working in intensive care for at least 6 months
  • Back pain for at least 3 months
  • Not pregnant, non-breastfeeding
  • Having a regular menstrual cycle
  • Vascular disease and foot fracture, wound, scar, skin damage etc. no situation
  • Volunteered to participate in the research
  • Not using antidepressants, sleeping pills, etc.

Exclusion criteria

  • Working in intensive care for less than 6 months
  • No chronic low back pain
  • Pregnant, lactating
  • Do not have a regular menstrual cycle
  • Vascular disease and foot fracture, wound, scar, skin damage etc. situation found
  • Using antidepressants, sleeping pills, etc.

Treatment and study plan

massage

Behavioral

reflexology foot massage

Primary outcomes

  1. pain severity

    Time frame: pre test

    measurement of nurses' low back pain severity score

    A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is one of the pain rating scales. VAS pain score is evaluated as "painless" (score=0) and "worst pain" (score=10).

    score <3 mild pain, 3-6 mild-to-moderate pain, and >6 moderate-to-severe pain

  2. fatique

    Time frame: pre test

    The fatigue severity scale There are 9 questions in the scale and each question consists of 7 points. An increase in the scale score indicates an increase in the level of fatigue. The scale determines the fatigue status of individuals in the last 1 month. Questions are scored as I totally disagree (1)- I totally agree. If the average score is 5 and above, it is considered as "fatigue".

  3. stress

    Time frame: pre test

    Perceived Stress Scale ; There are 14 items in the scale, which was developed as a five-point Likert-type rating scale. The scale consists of "never (0), almost never" (1), "sometimes" (2), "often" (3) "very often" (4). The lowest and highest scores a participant can obtain from this scale are 0 and 56, respectively.

Secondary outcomes

  1. pain severity

    Time frame: post test(at the end of the 4th week)

    measurement of nurses' low back pain severity score

    A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is one of the pain rating scales. VAS pain score is evaluated as "painless" (score=0) and "worst pain" (score=10).

    score <3 mild pain, 3-6 mild-to-moderate pain, and >6 moderate-to-severe pain

  2. fatique

    Time frame: post test (at the end of the 4th week)

    The fatigue severity scale There are 9 questions in the scale and each question consists of 7 points. An increase in the scale score indicates an increase in the level of fatigue. The scale determines the fatigue status of individuals in the last 1 month. Questions are scored as I totally disagree (1)- I totally agree. If the average score is 5 and above, it is considered as "fatigue".

  3. stress

    Time frame: post test(at the end of the 4th week)

    Perceived Stress Scale ; There are 14 items in the scale, which was developed as a five-point Likert-type rating scale. The scale consists of "never (0), almost never" (1), "sometimes" (2), "often" (3) "very often" (4). The lowest and highest scores a participant can obtain from this scale are 0 and 56, respectively.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Kafkas University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Foot Reflexology on Stress, Fatigue and Low Back Pain in Intensive Care Nurses

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jan 11, 2023
Registry last updated
Oct 17, 2023

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