The Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Abdominal Pain and Distension in Colonoscopy Patients.

Patients undergoing colonoscopy were divided into progressive relaxation exercises and control groups. Pretest and posttest abdominal pain and distention scores of the patients were determined after colonoscopy.

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Key information

Conditions

Abdominal Pain Behavior Motor Activity Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms, Digestive

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Mardin State Hospital

Mardin, 47000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Patients undergoing colonoscopy
Those who do not have communication problems,
After the colonoscopy procedure, the abdominal pain score is evaluated by VAS and is 4 or higher,
Evaluation of the distension score of 4 and above with VAS after the colonoscopy procedure,
Be 18 years old or older.

Exclusion criteria

Being a hospitalized patient undergoing colonoscopy,
Be younger than 18 years old
To have used complementary and alternative methods during the research,
Any physical problem that may prevent you from doing the exercises,
Having a cognitive illness
Refusing to participate in the research,
Failing to complete surveys.

Treatment and study plan

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Behavioral

PMR is a technique that provides relaxation in the whole body by voluntary and regular relaxation of large muscle groups in the human body, which is included in mind-body applications.

Primary outcomes

Individual Introductory Information Form

Time frame: 15 minutes

This form, which was created by the researcher with the support of the relevant literature, consists of 11 questions questioning the patients' education level, age,gender, employment status, marital status,income level, the coping methods they use when there is distension in their daily lives, the coping methods they use when there is pain in their daily lives, the status of having a colonoscopy before, the history of abdominal pain and distension of those who have a colonoscopy experience.

Secondary outcomes

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

Time frame: 10 minutes

The patient was asked to make a mark on a 10 cm horizontal line on the Visual analog scale showing his current state. In this study, for pain and distension; Markings were made on a 10 cm horizontal line, one end of which indicates that the patient's pain is very good (0 = no pain) and the other end is that the patient's pain is very bad (10 = most severe). The distance from the point where there was no pain and distension (0) to the point marked by the patient was measured. The value found shows the severity of pain and distention of the patient.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Mardin Artuklu University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2019
Primary completion: 2020
Study completion: 2020
First posted: Jun 23, 2021
Registry last updated: Jun 23, 2021

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