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The effect of massage therapy and cryotherapy on pain and lung volume in patients undergoing open heart surgery

Comparative study of the effect of massage therapy and cryotherapy on pain and lung volume in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT2015051022192N1
Enrollment
75
Registered
2016-01-17
Start date
2015-06-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

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Conditions

coronary artery bypass graft. atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Interventions

Intervention 1: The Patients of the massage group: Swedish massage for 20 minutes, 48 hours after surgery with mild to moderate pressure, The Place of the massage depends on the willingness of the pat
Treatment - Other
The Patients of the massage group: Swedish massage for 20 minutes, 48 hours after surgery with mild to moderate pressure, The Place of the massage depends on the willingness of the patient. Scentless
The Patients of cryotherapy group: Frozen Gel packs of 10 x 14 cm with a weight of 175 g , it was put out of the fridge an hour before the intervention in a cloth cover and it was laid on the ste
The patients in the control group: patients received routine care and similar environmental intervention groups were provided for them. The companions of the patient left the room for 20 minutes then

Sponsors

Vice Chancellor for research of Zahedan University of Medical Science
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
35 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria:Based on previous planning the patient underwent surgery. (Elective surgery); the patient age must be between 35 to 75 years; Personal medicines such as hypnotics, benzodiazepines, sedatives, drugs and alcohol must not be used ; The minimum pain score by visual scale of pain before intervention was 40; The history of diabetes was less than 5 years; Thorax surgery is the first patient's experience; The type of graft used for patient was saphenous vein or left mammary artery; the patient does not suffer from chronic respiratory disease; Cardiac output was more than 40% based on echocardiography performed before surgery. Exclusion criteria: Patients who had a lot of pain and did not want to be touched or to continue; The placement of Chest tube was at the time of data collection; Suffering from post-operative complications such as infection, bleeding, open wound (wound dehiscence) or uncontrolled dysrhythmia; severe emotional stress during the study; Patients who have received sedatives other than the routine sedatives or the use of analgesics was less than 4 hours before the intervention.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain intensity. Timepoint: 10 to 15 minutes before and 10 to 15 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: In order to determine the severity of pain visual analog scale was used.;Lung volumes. Timepoint: 10 to 15 minutes before and 10 to 15 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: Model spirometer Spiro lab III, Tuk - MIR009, ITALY.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactElham Ali Ahmadi

Zahedan University of Medical Science, School of Nursing & Midwifery

"ealiahmadi114@yahoo.com"? "aliahmad114aliahmad@gmail.com"+98 54 3343 3644

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026