Clinical trial NCT05119621: The Effect of TENS Application for Pain
Official title: The Effect of TENS Application Applied Before Mobilization on Pain in Children With Abdominal Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Appendicitis Surgery
Inguinal Surgery
Keywords: Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
Child
Surgery
Pain
Lead sponsor: KTO Karatay University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Selcuk University
First posted: 2021-11-15
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 7
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Parallel Assignment
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Child Introduction Form
timeFrame: (First measurement-After the operation, when the patient is taken to her bed and fully awakened)
measure: Children's Fear Scale
timeFrame: (First measurement-40 minutes on average before mobilization)
measure: Children's Fear Scale
timeFrame: (Second measurement-1 minute on average before mobilization)
measure: Visual Analogue Scale
timeFrame: (First measurement-40 minutes on average before mobilization)
measure: Visual Analogue Scale
timeFrame: (Second measurement-1 minute on average before mobilization)
measure: The Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale
timeFrame: (First measurement-40 minutes on average before mobilization)
measure: The Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale
timeFrame: (Second measurement-1 minute on average before mobilization)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Konya
country: Turkey
facility: Selcuk University
state: Selcuklu
Study officials:
affiliation: Selcuk University
name: Metin GUNDUZ, Md.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Selcuk University
name: Sibel KUCUKOGLU, PhD.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: KTO Karatay University
name: Hilal KURT SEZER, Lecturer
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: KTO Karatay University
name: Bayram Sonmez UNUVAR
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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