Clinical trial NCT06172439: Effect of Acupressure on Postoperative Pain With Gynecologıcal Surgery
Official title: The Effect Of Acupressure Applıcatıon On Postoperative Pain Level İn Women With Abdominal Gynecologıcal Surgery: Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Acupressure
Post Operative Pain
Nurse's Role
Lead sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-12-15
Enrollment: 102
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This study is a randomized controlled intervention trial
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: In this study, the effect of acupressure on postoperative pain level in women with abdominal gynecologıcal surgery will be studied and it will be conducted as a randomized controlled intervention study to examine the relationships with each other.The sample group will consist of 102 women, 51 in the intervention group and 51 in the control group.Within the scope of the study, the data will be collected using the 'Personal Information Form and Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ)' created by the researcher. Data will be analyzed using SPSS-26 package.

Detailed description: In this study, the effect of acupressure on postoperative pain level in women with abdominal gynecologıcal surgery will be studied and it will be conducted as a randomized controlled intervention study to examine the relationships with each other.The sample group will consist of 102 women, 51 in the intervention group and 51 in the control group.Within the scope of the study, the data will be collected using the 'Personal Information Form and Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire(SF-MPQ)' created by the researcher. Data will be obtained by the researcher by faceto-face interviews with women. In addition, women in the intervention group will receive acupressure once on postoperative days 0 and 1. Acupressure points related to gynecological surgery (large intestine (LI4), stomach (ST36) and spleen (SP6)) will be applied for a total of 12 minutes with 2 minutes of pressure on each point. Women in the control group will continue their routine care. Data will be evaluated with SPSS-26 package.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 20 years of age or older,
* Being literate,
* To be able to understand and speak Turkish,
* No deformity or lesion in the areas where acupressure will be applied,
* Undergoing abdominal gynecologic surgery with general anesthesia,
* Any narcotic or epidural for pain control after surgery lack of analgesia
* Participation in the routine pain protocol of the clinic

Exclusion Criteria:

* The presence of any systemic disease that causes chronic pain,
* Receiving spinal or epidural anesthesia,
* Patients who are administered narcotic or any analgesic drug other than the routine pain protocol applied in the clinic after surgery

Primary outcomes:
measure: postoperative pain level
timeFrame: 7 month
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Faculty of nursing
Study officials:
affiliation: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
name: Meliha Dönmez
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
name: Gülşah Kök
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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