Health Condition 1: N998- Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Women undergoing Abdominal hysterectomy in OG I unit OT days (Wednesday & Saturday) in their postoperative days 1 to 6. 2) Willing to participate in the study. 3) Pain score >=3 measured by the Visual analogue scale (VAS) / pain of 5 or greater on a 0 to 10 numerical rating scale (NRS) or moderate on a verbal descriptive scale were approached to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Preoperative opioid use (regular use of opioid analgesics for more than 2 weeks during the 6 month period before surgery as determined by patient interview). 2) Inability to cognitively follow the required directions. 3) Participatorâ??s inability to fully complete with study protocol due to uncontrolled epilepsy, Renal failure, Cardiopulmonary disorders, Central nervous system disease (or) psychosis. 4) Coagulation disorders. 5) Any sign of sepsis. 6) Any specialties surgery of the head (brain, face), neck ( Thyroid, throat) Thoracic (cardio , pulmonary) , breast, Orthopaedic including amputations (or) reset of amputation (phantom limb pain) , (or) Plastic surgery (Liposuction) were not considered. 7) Any skin allergy(dermatological lesions affecting electrode placement).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Abdominal surgery impact scaleTimepoint: Outcome taken from post operative day 1 and post operative day 6 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Visual analogue scaleTimepoint: Post operative day 1 before & after intervention Post operative day 6 after intervention | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Mother Theresa Post Graduate and Research Institute of Health science (Government of Pondicherry)