Relation between foot reflexology with urine retention after surgical operations.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: In the experimental group, the reflexology of each foot will be performed in the area related to bladder for 15 minutes coming to 30 minutes for the two feet altogether. Intervention 2
Treatment - Other
In the experimental group, the reflexology of each foot will be performed in the area related to bladder for 15 minutes coming to 30 minutes for the two feet altogether.
The control group will receive foot reflexology in each foot for 15 minutes coming to 30 minutes for the two feet altogether in placebo areas.
Sponsors
Gonabad University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: the patient's inability to urinate after non-emergency operations despite his/her need to urinate for 30 minutes; the patient's inability to urinate following surgery after 6 hours and with no need to urinate; complete consciousness; the ability to communicate with others and report the signs and severity of urinary retention; being 18 years old or above; willingness to participate in the study; not having previous renal failure; urethra catheterization; nephrolithiasis; urinary infection; urethra stenosis; benign prostate hypertrophy; not having previous nervous disease (brain stroke, neuropathy due to alcohol or diabetes, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, spinal lesions, and surgery on nervous system); not having fracture, ulcer, skin problems, and plaster in the foot exposed to reflexology; the surgery performed in all patients should not last more than 3 hours; not applying urinary catheter prior to, during, or after entering the surgery ward; no addiction record during the last six months; and not taking medicines decreasing the contraction power of bladder muscle such as anti-depression drugs, like imipramine, anti-spasmodic like oxybutynin, anti-cholinergic like hydrochloride and dicyclomine, anti-histamines and also medicines increasing the resistance of bladder sphincter like Alfa-adrenergic (Ephedrine Sulfate and Pseudoephedrine) and also beta-adrenergic, blockers like propranolol and estrogen. Exclusion criteria: being sensitive to the foot reflexology; the patient or his/her guardian's refusal to continue the study; death or discharge; occurrence of any clinical condition for the patient which makes intervention impossible.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Urinary Retention. Timepoint: Immediatly, after 15 minutes, after 30 minutes of the foot reflexology. Method of measurement: Scaled. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMohammad Shojaie
Gonabad University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed